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| UpdatedThe Chinese telecommunications company says the US President is using cybersecurity threats as an excuse to use "the strength of an entire nation to come after a private company".
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, telecommunications, world-politics, china
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| UpdatedThe WA Government faces fresh calls to review Huawei's contract to supply communications technology for the state's public transport system amid a supply crisis in the US and suspension of business operations with Google.
Topics: telecommunications, business-economics-and-finance, transport, computers-and-technology, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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The pledge is aimed at world leader and tech companies in order to eliminate terrorist and extremist online content.
Topics: terrorism, media, social-media, digital-multimedia, telecommunications, information-and-communication, internet-culture, wireless-communication, community-and-society, france
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Topics: business-economics-and-finance, information-and-communication, telecommunications, university-and-further-education, sydney-2000, university-of-new-south-wales-2052
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If you're fed up with receiving political campaign texts and calls, unfortunately there's not much you can do about it.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, elections, business-economics-and-finance, telecommunications, information-and-communication, australia, wagga-wagga-2650, university-of-new-south-wales-2052
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| UpdatedSydney Swans members receive robocalls from the club's head coach John Longmire, urging them to attend tonight's AFL clash against Essendon at the SCG.
Topics: sport, telecommunications, australian-football-league, industry, business-economics-and-finance, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe ACCC says consumers will benefit from it blocking the TPG-Vodafone merger. But there are plenty of reasons why that could be wrong, writes Stephen Letts.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, telecommunications, australia
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| UpdatedThe ACCC says it will oppose the $15 billion merger of Australia's third and fourth biggest telcos, TPG and Vodafone, arguing consumers may end up paying higher prices for less innovative mobile plans.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, telecommunications, australia
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| UpdatedIn 2009 we were promised a fast National Broadband Network with optical fibre cables direct to most homes and businesses. Instead, we've ended up with a mix of technologies including optical fibre, copper wires, Hybrid Fibre Coaxial, fixed wireless and satellite.
Topics: telecommunications, government-and-politics, federal-elections, federal-government, alp, liberals, information-and-communication, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, australia, melbourne-3000, ettalong-beach-2257, chermside-4032
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| UpdatedRichard Luxton has been involved in a nasty game of back and forth with the telco giant regarding a portion of his 10,000 acres of Coomalie bushland, near the turnoff to the iconic Litchfield National Park, which still remains without resolution.
Topics: telecommunications, courts-and-trials, territorial-disputes, road-transport, adelaide-river-0846, batchelor-0845, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedIn another bad product release for Samsung, its brand-new folding Galaxy Fold smartphone appears to be breaking after being used for only a couple of days, according to journalists reviewing the device before launch.
Topics: mobile-phones, information-and-communication, consumer-electronics, telecommunications, united-states
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| UpdatedThe SuperZoom on Huawei's latest smartphone reportedly allows users to read signs from hundreds of metres away, but there are fears the technology could encourage people to record someone punching in their ATM security pin from across the road.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, community-and-society, telecommunications, china, asia
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It was the second flight for the most powerful operational rocket, launching a Saudi Arabian telecommunications satellite into high-level geostationary orbit
Topics: astronomy-space, astronomy-space, air-and-space, space-exploration, spacecraft, telecommunications, united-states, saudi-arabia
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| UpdatedOptus apologises after a stalker in Melbourne's northern suburbs repeatedly tricked the telecommunications giant into giving her the phone numbers and account login details for one of her victims.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, telecommunications, industry, information-and-communication, internet-culture, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, lalor-3075, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedBusiness operators say the future of a phone transcription service for a growing population with hearing impairments is in doubt as the Federal Government seeks to cut a third of its funding.
Topics: hearing, federal-parliament, budget, telecommunications, brisbane-4000, qld, act
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| UpdatedThis is the story of an exhaustive battle to remain connected to the internet via ageing infrastructure, two rat attacks along the way and the bumpy transition to the NBN, writes Malcolm Sutton.
Topics: internet-culture, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, telecommunications, information-and-communication, people, consumer-protection, community-and-society, human-interest, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedEveryone's familiar with slow internet or mobile-phone dropouts but for the nation's farmers — often living well beyond the range of fibre optic cables and phone towers — the stakes are a lot higher.
Topics: science-and-technology, internet-technology, rural, agricultural-crops, agribusiness, telecommunications, industry, business-economics-and-finance, computers-and-technology, mobile-phones, information-and-communication, sheep-production, livestock, perth-6000, albany-6330, wa, armidale-2350, nsw, university-of-new-england-2351, tamworth-2340, bunbury-6230, south-stirling-6324, kendenup-6323, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedA man in the Northern Territory has such a beef with the telco that he will not let them on his land, angering surrounding residents who have been affected by phone blackouts.
Topics: telecommunications, industry, information-and-communication, emergency-planning, batchelor-0845, nt, darwin-0800
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The chief financial officer of China's controversial telco Huawei launches civil action against the Canadian Government, its border agency and the police force, saying they violated her rights.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, business-economics-and-finance, telecommunications, canada, china
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Telco providers have been selling contracts for multiple devices — including tablets, drones and smart watches — without proper checks to see if the consumer can afford the additional costs.
Topics: information-and-communication, telecommunications, business-economics-and-finance, industry, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, consumer-electronics, australia
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| UpdatedThe founder of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has said there is "no way the US can crush" the company. He says Huawei is so advanced that the world needs it.
Topics: world-politics, telecommunications, security-intelligence, china
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| UpdatedHuawei founder Ren Zhengfei tells British media there is "no way the US can crush" his company, which he says is simply more advanced than its competitors.
Topics: science-and-technology, telecommunications, world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, defence-and-national-security, china, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedTelstra's half-year profit slumps 27 per cent and its boss blames the NBN. He wants NBN Co to cut wholesale prices, arguing that telcos cannot afford to keep taking losses on broadband and will soon have to lift internet access prices for customers.
Topics: telecommunications, company-news, australia
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Telstra faces a potential clash with Adelaide City Council if it wants to display third-party advertising on upgraded payphones that have already sparked controversy interstate.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, local-government, telecommunications, advertising, information-and-communication, community-and-society, human-interest, adelaide-5000