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• Telstra in the sights of Privacy Commissioner

  Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer’s phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

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  UPDATED: 4G in Australia: The state of the nation

  The top three Australian carriers are spending billions upgrading their networks to high-speed 4G LTE services. Customers are just starting to see the new plans and rollout is expected to intensify through the year and well into 2013.

• Optus launches 4G TD-LTE in Canberra

  Optus has launched a faster version of LTE in Canberra, but so far the technology only supports 4G dongles.

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  Telstra apologises after customer records appear online

  Telstra has issued a formal apology to affected customers after phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

• Optus satisfied with spectrum winnings in Digital Dividend auction

  Even if the price for spectrum in the 700MHz band had been set lower, Optus may still not have bought more than 10MHz of the 45MHz that was available in the Digital Dividend auction, according to Optus chief country officer, Kevin Russell.

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  Union to deliver NBN asbestos report

  Federal Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, and companies rolling out the $37.4 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) in Tasmania will receive a report on asbestos issues with the project's construction on Thursday.

• UNSW wins Cyber Security Challenge Australia

  A team of students from the University of New South Wales will be off to the US Black Hat Security conference in July after winning the annual Cyber Security Challenge Australia (CySCA).

• BigPond email scam emerges

  A BigPond email scam has been flagged after a security professional received an email addressed to 'Dear BigPond User' which contained malicious links.

• Telstra and Seven West buy a stake in online health directory

  Telstra and Seven West Media have signed a $10.4 million agreement with HealthEngine for a stake in the online health directory business.

• Could TPG be Australia's fourth mobile operator?

  Analysts have pointed to TPG’s bid for wireless spectrum as one of the most interesting developments in the Digital Dividend auction.

• Australian government misses $1 billion in Digital Dividend auction

  The government failed to sell one-third of the 700MHz spectrum—worth $1 billion—that was up for sale in the Digital Dividend auction. Total revenue for the auction made from 700MHz and 2.5GHz spectrum was $1.96 billion, below the government's expectations.

• Telstra to create new office precinct in Canberra

  Telstra has signed a 12-year lease for an office building in Canberra to establish a new commercial precinct in the city.

• Telstra to roll out emergency infrastructure for CFA Victoria

  Telstra will build and maintain new communications infrastructure for the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Victoria and digital radio emergency services in regional areas of the state.

• Telstra sees continued revenue growth in network services

  Telstra's Network Applications and Services (NAS) business is continuing to experience double digit revenue growth, the telco's deputy CFO, Mark Hall, said today in a presentation at the Macquarie Australia Equities Conference.

• Telstra maintains earnings guidance

  Australia's biggest telco, Telstra, has maintained its full-year earnings guidance and is aiming to lift dividends over time.