International roaming charges rip-off: the ITU gets involved …

By Mark Gregory, RMIT University

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has entered the debate about excessive international roaming charges by recommending measures that will improve consumer awareness and encourage operators…

29 February 2012

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Optus should know there’s no such thing as a free lunch … or sporting telecast

By David Lowden, La Trobe University

Telecommunications company Optus lost its bid to gag AFL boss, Andrew Demetriou from speaking out against its “TV Now” service, which allows customers to watch AFL or NRL broadcasts near live. Demetriou…

1 June 2011

Don’t panic, mobile phones are still only as carcinogenic as pickles

By Rodney Croft

The World Health Organisation’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has classed mobile phones as Group 2B or “possibly carcinogenic” in a new report. In this Q+A Rodney…

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9 February 2012

Satellite phones vulnerable to eavesdropping

Horst Görtz Institute for IT-Security at Ruhr-University Bochum

Satellite telephones used by military and emergency relief organisations and usually considered secure from eavesdropping…

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International roaming charges rip-off: the ITU gets involved …

Optus should know there’s no such thing as a free lunch … or sporting telecast

Don’t panic, mobile phones are still only as carcinogenic as pickles

Research Briefs (1)

Satellite phones vulnerable to eavesdropping

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Rodney Croft

Simon Chapman

Henrik Eiriksson

Enrico Grani

Frans van Velden

David Lowden

Joshua McDonnell

Rudi Schoebel

Mark Summerfield

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