Australia | Commsrisk

Telstra CEO Andy Penn is partnering with government to filter bogus text messages in a trial that will likely be extended much more widely in future.

Andrew Penn, boss of Australia’s largest telco, called for industry, government and regulators to collaborate on wangiri fraud.

The Australian public enquiry is the first of its kind, so will likely influence decisions made by other authorities around the world.

With some handsets now costing over USD2,000, criminals are willing to use force to steal them.

If the whole world suddenly finds itself unable to connect any calls to Australia, the blame lies with this news article.

If you think telcos have a good reputation, ask yourself why Macquarie Telecom uses the hashtag of #SoUnTelco.

Australian telco Optus will be hosting a Risk & Assurance Group (RAG) conference in Sydney at the end of January 2018.

TeleChoice wanted AUD191,000 (USD151,000) from a customer whose SIM was used to make hundreds of calls per hour.

Federal judges decided the Australian Privacy Act does not force telcos to give detailed service data to customers.

Good work is being done on small islands in the Pacific ocean. Let us encourage greater collaboration between RAFM practitioners everywhere.