Optus says the unprecedented outage last week was caused by a ‘routine software upgrade’. An expert explains why this points to more serious problems with the network.
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Stadium naming rights are controversial at the best of times, so why do companies pay so much for them?
Optus suffered one of the largest telecommunications outages in Australian history today. Here are the factors that can cause such events.
Optus has let the story run away from it and failed to show contrition, for the second time in a little over a year.
Australia’s new “consumer data right” leads the world in allowing data to be moved safely and efficiently. So what is it? And how can it help protect you and your personal data against data breaches?
The Australian government will temporarily suspend data-sharing regulations so Optus can work with banks and agencies to prevent identity theft.
Australia’s privacy laws are so vague a company can keep your data as long as it ‘needs’.
This isn’t the first time Australians’ Medicare numbers have been exposed.
If you’ve been affected by the Optus data breach, the danger is far from over – no matter what the purported hacker is claiming.
Optus used press releases, and Twitter when it could have contacted its customers by text.
Australia’s problems with the national broadband network run deeper than what can be solved through an investigation or more monitoring. Maybe we were just too optimistic.
As Optus takes the fight for sports viewers to Foxtel and Telstra, it’s unclear if consumers will benefit.
Earlier this year, I attended a dinner for about 150 people. The first thing we all did was head for the bar to grab a drink, swamping the staff and setting back the dinner schedule by nearly two hours…
Mobile coverage of two of the major telecommunications companies is in the news again after Telstra took Optus to court over an advertisement that was found to be misleading. The complaint against Optus…
Game theory is a branch of strategic decision making that tries to predict how players in any strategic game are likely to act. It can be applied in many situations and it can also help to explain what…
A legal decision which forced Optus to shut down its time shifting service TV Now may eventually lead to reform of existing copyright law to cater for cloud technology. On Friday, the High Court denied…
Optus has set its sights on the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into digital copyright, after the High Court today killed off any hope of an appeal over its TV Now case with the AFL, NRL and…
The launch of a new internet service provider (ISP) in New Zealand isn’t something that would normally be worth mentioning. But the launch of FYX (pronounced “fix”) by established online services provider…
The significance of last Friday’s Federal Court decision to prevent Optus’ “TV Now” service from broadcasting was made clear to me while waiting for a bus in Melbourne’s suburbs. Earlier that day, I had…
It will no doubt be surprising to the former Liberal Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, and former Victorian Labor Premier, John Brumby, that they sit on the board of a corporate entity apparently judged…
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