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  • ACC and NSW Police ready to run 'Big Brother' spy system

    The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) is intending to build a national data interception and surveillance system next year. With the system's request for tender closing today, the NSW Police Force is expected to be watching closely in light of its plans for a similar upgrade next year.

  • Australian SMS emergency services a no-go

    The Australian Communications Authority has ruled out the possibility of SMS-based emergency services, despite calls from hearing impaired community groups that such a service be provided by the likes of the police.

  • ACA mulls over mobile porn solution

    PIN numbers and restricted number ranges are among proposals before Australia's communications authorities to limit minors' access to premium-rate multimedia content on their mobile phones.

  • AU authorities move against SMS spam

    Australian mobile text messaging may be spared the tsunami of spam that cripples e-mail, with carriers involved in the distribution of unsolicited bulk messages facing fines of up to AU$10 million.

  • Aust short-messaging service burns carrier contracts

    A trial of a new SMS-based desktop-to-mobile messaging services at a council for one of Queensland’s major cities is highlighting the way that text-based services could undermine mobile service contracts secured by large organisations.

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    In-flight, no-one can hear you scream

    Before we start, let's have a big patriotic round of virtual applause for Qantas, which will be up there with Emirates as one of the first airlines in the world to introduce in-flight SMS and e-mail access on its domestic fleet later this year.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    The politics of group e-mails

    Have you ever received an e-mail or text message along the lines of "Heya, long time no hear. I have a birthday coming up, could u remind me of ur address? Cheers, hope ur well"?

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    Unnatural language processing

    Indexing a large chunk of data is a bit like joining Weight Watchers: it's a useful first step, but it doesn't immediately solve the problem of how you're going to deal with all that blubber.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Muggle magic

    Marauders' maps, deluminators and sneakoscopes have their place, but Harry could have solved most of his problems by turning to Muggle technology.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Lazy and impatient? Telstra has the answer

    Near field communications -- or NFC -- may sound like another dull mobile acronym. However, the reality is a smooth system that will delight the lazy and impatient.

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    Financial organisations are slowly embracing the notion of unified communications, but significant organisational hurdles remain

  • AU Spam Act knocks down spammers

    The Spam Act 2003 has led to the closure of several major Australian-based spammers, the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) claimed today.

  • SMS gives new voice to NRMA members

    With so many companies focused on major IT-driven transformation, it's easy to forget that even small changes can have a big benefit. For road motoring group NRMA Motoring & Services, however, a highly focused middleware implementation project has provided a new communications channel for hearing-impaired customers.

  • Aust police to gain access to stored messages

    The federal Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, has introduced amendments to federal parliament that would ease police access to stored voice-mails, e-mails and text messages.

  • TAB Queensland drops pagers for SMS

    Queensland TAB is today expected to launch a limited implementation of custom SMS-based messaging system that will eventually render field workers' conventional pagers redundant.

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Reviews (65)

  • Pre-paid market drives AU mobile boom

    Australia's mobile telecommunications market grew by more than 12 per cent in 2002/03, driven by a continuing surge in pre-paid services.

  • Aust comms authority pushes new SMS options

    The Australian Communications Authority will hold a second round of seminars in early February in an attempt to finalise new numbering options for SMS services.

  • SMS still cave-painting: Telstra

    Far from being a mature technology, SMS is still in the "cave-painting" stages, according to Giri Ramachandran, head of alliances and market development for Telstra.

  • Optus and Telstra shake on MMS deal

    Optus and Telstra have worked out issues around sending multi-media messages between the two networks.

  • Mobile complaints point to "coming-of-age"

    Commentary: How do you know when a technology has come of age? When people stop complaining about all those 'upper-class tech-heads' using it and start complaining about how the technology is being used to rip them off.

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