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  • Optus sending usage alerts to prevent bill shock

    Optus will start sending SMS text alerts to customers about data usage one year before required under the Telecommunications Consumer Protection (TCP) code. Vodafone to follow by year end.

  • EFF lawsuit seeks details of NSA email, phone surveillance

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit seeking details about U.S. National Security Agency surveillance of email and telephone calls, with the lawsuit raising concerns that the agency has illegally targeted U.S. citizens.

  • AT&T to open flagship store Saturday in Chicago

    AT&T hopes its new flagship retail store on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago is, well, magnificent. The 10,000-square-foot store opens Saturday.

  • Cisco modifies licensing for unified communications platform

    Cisco Systems is modifying the licensing options for its Unified Communications Manager's UC Release 9.0 in an attempt to simplify the process and make the use of a variety of client devices easier, the company said on Thursday.

  • iiNet's MD sells $13.2m worth of shares

    Michael Malone, managing director at iiNet, has sold $13.2 million worth of shares in the company.

  • How cybercriminals and hacktivists use DDoS tools to attach

    Network professionals know that distributed denial-of-service attacks are an ever-growing danger. The recent assault on Twitter is just the latest evidence. Using a mushrooming array of advanced tools, including pay-per-use services and mobile devices, attackers are taking down websites, DNS and email servers, often using these tools to destroy a company's online revenue, customer service and brand reputation. But the technology is only half the story. The thinking that shapes attacks — an evolving blend of careful planning, probing and improvisation—is often the difference between duds and strikes that leave victims begging for mercy.

  • Data retention could cost over $500m: Comms Alliance, AMTA

    A joint submission by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and the Communications Alliance has detailed data retention reforms could cost the industry over half a billion dollars.

  • Samsung to fight Apple's effort to ban sales of its smartphone

    Samsung said Tuesday it will "take all necessary measures" to keep its products on sale in the U.S.

  • Telstra adds wholesale data products

    Telstra announced a set of data products for wholesale customers available today.

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    Will FaceTime on coming iPhone 5 crash LTE networks?

    Are the nation's LTE wireless carriers prepared for the video chat data crunch expected to come with the next-generation iPhone and other devices that are expected to launch this fall?

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