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The NBN will provide a universal service, so that everyone in the country has reasonable access to telecommunications.

Proposed legislation requiring the disclosure of carriers' commercially sensitive information brings the National Broadband Network one step closer.

Communicating through online services other than email and SMS is on the rise, and for many people, it is now the norm.

The Government announced an intention to repeal telecommunications-specific anti-competitive conduct laws in Part XIB.

Under current laws, with limited exceptions, the default method of delivery of disclosure materials is in printed form.

On 7 February 2007, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released guidelines relating to its new enforcement powers introduced by the Communications Legislation Amendment (Enforcement Powers) Act 2006.

The Federal Government has released drafts of the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) Legislation. They intend to garner feedback and, where necessary, refine the legislation.

The Spam Act 2003 (Cth) isn't a new piece of legislation, and it has arguably been a relatively benign part of the Australian privacy and communications regulatory framework – until now.

SPC breached various obligations by inadvertently removing the silent number classification from its customer records.

Australia also has its share of natural disasters, so avoid legal disasters by reviewing your cloud service contracts.

The new European Commissioner for Competition, Joaquin Almunia, has had a busy first few months in office and the technology sector has seen a number of interesting developments.

After much debate, the Australian government's controversial mandatory data retention law has been passed.

Whilst it is not strictly illegal in Qld, there are restrictions on how you can record a conversation & what you can do with it.

One major policy difference between the Coalition and Labor was the approach to building the National Broadband Network.

Technology companies, industry groups and civil libertarians are united in their stance that this is a terrible new law.

In our NBN Update 3, we set out the then proposed framework for the NBN legislation. This legislation passed the Senate on 25th March and the lower house on 28th March, both after marathon extended sessions. We will focus in this update on the amendments that have been made to the bills since they were originally introduced.

The ACCC has just issued its final access determination on the pricing of the mobile termination access service (MTAS).