Journal

This article offers insight into why geographic domain names remain problematic more than two decades after these issues first arose, identifies trends in DNS policy respecting geographic names and highlights the impact on various Internet stakeholders of current policy and decisions.

March 2014

Journal

This article evaluates ICANN's claims to legitimacy by means of a case study of the process for approving the controversial .XXX gTLD. An analysis of the disputes involving .XXX reveals flaws with ICANN?s structural and procedural safeguards. As this article argues, however, ICANN's weak claims to legitimacy do not necessarily mean that DNS management and policy-making should be transferred to an international treaty-based organisation.

June 2013

Journal

This editorial introduces the major themes and the authors of the articles appearing in TJA Vol. 63 No.3 (June 2013).

June 2013

Newsletter

Accc Approves Tpg Takeover Of Iinet; Out Of Left Field: A Four (Or Five) Pillar Telco Policy?; Travellers Spark Hike In Mobile Data Consumption; Panel Pushes For Direct Use Of .Au Domain; Acma Says 2 Million Aussies Have Svod In New Report; Analysis: Gartner?s Asia Pacific Network Services Ratings, Courtesy Of Telstra.

21st August 2015

Newsletter

Accc Approves Tpg Takeover Of Iinet; Out Of Left Field: A Four (Or Five) Pillar Telco Policy?; Travellers Spark Hike In Mobile Data Consumption; Panel Pushes For Direct Use Of .Au Domain; Acma Says 2 Million Aussies Have Svod In New Report; Analysis: Gartner?s Asia Pacific Network Services Ratings, Courtesy Of Telstra.

21st August 2015

Journal

In March 2014 the US Government announced its intent to transition away from the current system of oversight of core Internet functions, and move the obligations of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) over to the international multi-stakeholder community. The current contract is set to expire on 30 September 2015, and thenceforth a new globalised model has the opportunity to come into being. This article describes the current Internet governance model, and the process towards a...

April 2015

Newsletter

Motorola extends Victorian emergency services management contract; ZipTel signs satellite deal with SpeedCast; Optus signs up Church Resources; Globalgig does 10GB for $50 a month; Cisco tracks worldwide mobile boom; Sydney launches .sydney domain.

17th February 2015