Articles tagged with: Acma
Australian Mobile Networks to Drop Charges for Calls to Freephone Numbers
Australians would be able to call 'freephone' (18/1800) numbers from their mobile phone at no charge under a draft variation to the Australian Communications and Media Authority's Numbering Plan, released for comment today. more
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Australia Raises $2 Billion from Radio Spectrum Auction
Australia has completed its radio spectrum auction and all three bidders secured spectrum in the auction, resulting in total costs of nearly $2 billion, which was only slightly above the controversially high reserve prices. more
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Smartphones use in Australia doubles in 2012
Almost half of Australia's adult population now own a smartphone. Take-up soared by 104 percent to 8.67 million units over the 12 months to May 2012, according to research released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. more
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Australian Concerned About Mobile Location Data Sharing
Australians love their GPS' and mobile location apps, but do they understand what's happening as they go from A to B? more
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Australian Regulator Consults on Curbing "Bill Shock" Problems
The Australian telecoms regulator has releases a draft proposal to manage "bill shock" issues when mobile phone users are roaming overseas. more
Australian Government Minister Intervenes in Radio Spectrum Auction
Australia's Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy has intervened in the country's forthcoming radio spectrum auction in order to set the reserve prices himself. more
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Australia Pushing its Preferred Plans for LTE in the 700Mhz Bands
Australia's acma says that it has been a key driver in developing a block of radio spectrum, the APT 700 MHz plan, which identifies 45 MHz of paired spectrum within 703-803 MHz optimised for mobile broadband. The plan has been adopted as a standard by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for LTE services. more
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Telstra Ordered to Comply With Privacy Code Following Consumer Info Breach
Australia's Telstra has been directed to comply with the privacy clause in the Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code after it was found to have failed to protect the privacy of its customers' personal information. more
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14% of Australian consumers had difficulty paying a phone bill in the past year
Fourteen percent of Australian phone and internet consumers experienced difficulty paying a bill in the 12 months to May 2012, according to new research released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (acma) today. more
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Australian Regulator to Release 100 Million New Phone Numbers
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has announced plans to deal with a projected shortage of mobile phone numbers that are now expected to run out by 2017. more
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