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in today’s issue of commsday

  • The Northern Territory is emerging as a data centre flashpoint, with the government actively engaging with 12 companies on major projects as details surface of Energy North’s $11.9 billion Project Ares, a hyperscale AI campus at Murranji Station that has been granted Commonwealth Major Project Status.

  • The federal government has rejected suggestions that Telstra should have to provide power for all voice services it delivers under the Universal Service Obligation, but new regulation requires the telco to provide advance notice to consumers on power issues.

  • The Australian Communications and Media Authority says it expects rail mobile radio operators in the 1.9GHz band and mobile network operators to work together to avoid interference with 2GHz base stations, but has also set out a fallback path where negotiations fail.

  • Subsea cable security and support for telcos to block cyber threats at speed and scale are two of the key priorities under Horizon 2 of the national cyber security strategy, an industry briefing has heard.

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