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Articles tagged with: Australian Communications and Media Authority
Australian Regulator Publishes Mobile Chat Regulations
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a guide for mobile chat providers on how to make their services safer for children. The Guide recognises the benefits that mobile chat services can bring for communications and social networking, but also provides information on the small but real risk of mobile chat services being used to facilitate illegal contact between children and adults. more
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Australia Considering Mandatory PrePay Registration
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has commenced a review of the way in which telephone companies collect identity information about their pre-paid mobile phone customers. As part of the review, ACMA has released a discussion paper, Identity Checks for Pre-paid Mobile Services. The paper notes that the review is occurring because the data being produced by current processes is of insufficient quality and consistency. The paper also outlines potential changes to the identity checking process to reduce industry costs and provide a simpler process for consumers. more
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority has fined two companies a total of US$10,000 (AU$13,200) for breaches of the Spam Act 2003. ACMA found the companies sent out more than fifty thousand commercial SMS messages marketing an investment scheme for software providing horse racing tips. more
Canberra Gears Up For 2006 Telstra Sale
CANBERRA -(Dow Jones)- Australian government lawmakers on Wednesday formally endorsed the A$32 billion-plus (US$24 billion) full sale of Telstra Corp. (TLS.AU), paving the way for the transaction to proceed in late 2006. more
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