Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Telstra’s hot spots throw payphones a lifeline
FROM Bondi Beach to Bourke Street Mall, smartphone, laptop and tablet users will be able to log in to Telstra’s new WiFi network as part of a free trial of the technology starting in November. → Read More
Telstra begins trial of $100m Wi-Fi network
MORE than 1000 Wi-Fi hot spots will be available to roaming Australians for free before Christmas as part of a trial of Telstra’s ambitious $100 million project to build the one of the world’s largest wireless internet networks. → Read More
Metadata net will catch Twitter
ONLINE communication sites including social-media services Twitter and Facebook will be drawn into a planned updated version of the federal government’s anti-terror data-retention push. → Read More
‘Death knell’ for community TV as over-the-top Turnbull flicks switch
COMMUNITY television stations have warned that their industry and thousands of jobs will be destroyed by the federal government’s decision to boot the broadcasters from the airwaves and on to the internet. → Read More
Turnbull pushes community TV off airwaves and onto internet
COMMUNITY television channels will be forced from the airwaves and onto the internet under new government plans to reclaim and resell the spectrum currently used to broadcast their services. → Read More
Telstra already giving out metadata of its customers
TELSTRA handed over the private data — including names, addresses and billing information — of more than 85,000 of its customers to law enforcement and regulatory agencies last year. → Read More
Metadata storage wishlist revealed
THE Attorney-General’s Department has drawn up a confidential wishlist of the metadata it wants to capture — including financial records, home and internet-protocol addresses and download volumes — as part of the government’s plan to impose a data-retention scheme on large telecommunications companies. → Read More
Telstra ready to splash cash
TELSTRA chief David Thodey will build a war chest to fund acquisitions in Australia and through Asia as he targets new areas of growth, even as the telecommunications giant delivers a billion-dollar return to investors through a share buyback. → Read More
Sensis chief claims its digital revenue is second only to Google
SENSIS chief executive John Allan has declared the directories business is the nation’s No 2 revenue maker in digital marketing services, behind only that of web search engine giant Google. → Read More
NBN Co slammed in new report
THE federal government has released another damning report into the company running the National Broadband Network revealing the board put in place by Labor to oversee the mammoth infrastructure project lacked the right mix of skill and experience to lead it. → Read More
Telstra steps outside the box with Ooyala digital play
TELSTRA has paid $US270 million ($291 million) to snap up Silicon Valley-based analytics and online video firm Ooyala, as the telco giant diversifies its digital media businesses to take advantage of seismic shifts affecting online advertising markets. → Read More
Eric Abetz set to be copied in on job searches — 10,000 times a day
EMPLOYMENT Minister Eric Abetz might have to change his email address if government’s plans to force unemployed welfare recipients to conduct 40 job searches a month go ahead. → Read More
Untangling the metadata mystery
IF there’s an apt adage for the Abbott government’s handling of its data retention scheme it would have to be: to implement in haste is to repent in leisure. → Read More
Like this: you’re giving away your metadata
WORRIED about how much of your “metadata” our security spy agencies will get their hands on? Well, Facebook, Google and others already have reams of it. And you’re willingly giving it away. → Read More
Labor’s NBN ‘rushed, chaotic’, says audit
BIG taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects worth more than $1 billion could face stringent new hurdles after a landmark audit has found the policy process for developing Labor’s National Broadband Network was “rushed, chaotic and inadequate”. → Read More
US giant Netflix wants a piece of Quickflix
NETFLIX has emerged as the latest media player to run its ruler over local television and movie streaming business Quickflix in a potential play that could be used as a stepping stone for the US streaming giant’s launch in the Australian market. → Read More
NAB, CBA cut 70bp from five-year fixed mortgage rate to 4.99pc
NATIONAL Australia Bank has matched Commonwealth Bank’s move to slash home loan rates by lowering its five-year fixed mortgage below the 5 per cent mark. → Read More
Telstra wins $200m NBN Co fight over CPI
TELSTRA has won a court battle against the NBN Co over a commercial dispute that could see the telco giant pocket more than $200m of taxpayer dollars. → Read More
Mining slump smarts, but rich get richer
THE waning resources sector may have reduced Gina Rinehart’s wealth by a third in the past two years, but she still remains the nation’s wealthiest individual. → Read More
Price of texting set to drop, as ACCC regulates SMS costs for first time
CONSUMERS could soon be texting for less after the competition watchdog said it would for the first time start regulating wholesale SMS costs. → Read More