With the cost of cyber crime now more than 1 billion dollars annually, it is time to revisit how to stop SPAM and call for the Australian Government to act. Read the original blog entry written in 2007 and then read the updated article. Add your comments and discuss this important matter.

Telstra has identified small business customers as a market that is worthy of more attention, better service and improved products. Add to this price reductions on products that small business are likely to want and Telstra have moved in the right direction. However, Telstra could go further by offering Bigpond to small business customers.

Global roaming charges are now in the sights of the OECD which has released a report highlighting the daylight robbery that is global roaming charges. It is time that something is done about this problem.

Telstra is aggressively reducing prices and improving plans for a range of customers. This is a good first step however there are still opportunities for Telstra to improve.

The National Broadband Network has reached a crisis point and this was to be expected. What happens next will set the scene for the project to be a success or a failure. The management team at NBN Co has been rocked by the resignation of Patrick Flannigan, the Construction Manager, who may have been pushed to appease companies tendoring for slices of upcoming construction projects.

As is always the case when a Government monopoly is setup there is a temptation to over regulate and to stifle competition. Of the need to ensure the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) can make a reasonable rate of investment return there is no doubt, but how it gets to this point is the issue. It is very important the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) looks very closely at the NBN Co business plan and plans for the network roll-out. Companies that have already made a significant investment in fibre should be protected and provided with the opportunity to gain optimal use of their fibre networks and thereby achieve a reasonable rate of return on their investment.

The .au Domain Administration (auDA) will commence a rollout of DNSSEC for .au domains.

Telstra has agreed to provide infrastructure access to the NBN Co, including pits and ducts around Australia. The total amount of the deal brokered between the Government and Telstra is likely to amount to more than $11.5 billion. Telstra was also successful in offloading the universal service obligation for the delivery of telephone services, payphones and emergency call handling from 1 July 2012.

England's telecommunications regulator, Ofcom has ordered carriers to slash the cost of connecting a call between mobile networks and between landlines and mobiles by about 90 per cent over the next five years. Mobile operators were in general against this move by the telecommunications regulator and have voiced concerns that chicken little would have been proud of.

Leighton Holdings' Nextgen Networks has been awarded a $250 million contract to roll out fibre-optic backbone links in regional areas. Is this the first signs that the NBN will provide competition to Telstra in the backhaul network?