Hi John, Complaints about telco services by telecommunications consumers dropped nearly 14% in the three months of the January to March quarter this year, compared to the same quarter last year, according to the latest report from telecommunications lobby group Communications Alliance.
Consumer advocacy group CHOICE claims Australian banks have "pocketed" $6.3 billion over the last decade by failing to pass interest rate cuts onto credit card customers. A researcher has released exploit code for taking advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft's implementation of the server message block protocol in Windows, a flaw that was described as SMBGhost at the time it became known. Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has put three new 5G models on sale from Tuesday, one of which was announced in March. The company's Find X2 series launched its premium model, the Find X2 Pro ($1599) at that time, and has added the Find X2 Neo ($999) and the Find X2 Lite ($749). Peak industry body Commercial Radio Australia says a collective licensing-fee arrangement would provide the best framework to enable commercial radio broadcasters to share in the ad revenue that Google and Facebook generate from radio-created content. Australia has been ranked 12th in the global 5G market out of 22 countries which have been examined for their deployment of the technology, the global research company OMDIA (formerly Ovum) says. The Federal Government needs to take a serious look at beefing up its law on data breaches considering the way in which companies refuse to divulge whether their clients data is at risk, with a prime case being Australian money management firm MyBudget. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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