Public to have their say on emergency messaging standards
Australians are been urged to comment on a proposed standard for national emergency messaging systems called Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).
Australians are been urged to comment on a proposed standard for national emergency messaging systems called Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).
With the apparent increased frequency of naturally disasters, communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has suggested Telstra should consider the use of fibre, rather than copper, to reconnect customers affected by Cyclone Yasi and the January floods.
Telstra will restore mobile services in Queensland within 24 hours following the damage caused by Cyclone Yasi in the far north of the state.
Optus has announced it will provide assistance packages to its small business and personal customers who were hard hit by Cyclone Yasi last week.
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