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It has been a great deal of fun and a privilege to research and draft these eleven articles over the summer. I have learned a whole heap about emergency call services, telecoms standards, baseband firmware and how all of that is/isn't regulated.
Presenting the final instalment of 'Hardcoded', my series on our ongoing emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under.
As I wrap up this series (which has run since December), I ponder the wider meaning of its title in the 000 policy context.
And when you're done with this one, check out the previous instalments of 'Hardcoded', a grim series on Australian telecommunications policy debacles, one after the other.
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P.S. Bonus points for those who can tell me the episode which the quote below comes from without googling.
The latest in my series on our ongoing emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under.
In this edition, I look at Ministerial decision making.
And when you're done with this one, check out the previous instalments in my series: atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded
This time, we're looking at the, at best, minimal oversight of telcos' compliance with their obligations to block phones that they identify as 000/112-incapable. And what it all means from antitrust and community welfare standpoints.
Dive in: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...
The latest in my series on our ongoing emergency camp on functionality fiasco.
And when you're done with this one, check out the previous instalments in my series.
atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded
As alluded to in the Shakespearean quote, I ponder where on earth the ACMA has been as the regulator of all emergency call services in Australia.
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The latest in 'Hardcoded', my series on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under.
And check out the other pieces from yours truly for Hardcoded: atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded
In this edition, as alluded to in the quote from Macbeth, I look at the question of telcos, OEMs and the ACMA having the right information about the actual capabilities of phones pinging Australian cell towers to call emergency services.
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The latest in 'Hardcoded', my series on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under, with a focus on 71 dud Samsung models.
Check out the previous posts in this series when you're done with this one.
atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded
Dive into the latest piece in my series on a major telecommunications policy fiasco down under, 'Hardcoded': open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...
Risk is, by definition, non-zero but human lives are at stake when it comes to the ability of mobile phones to make emergency calls.
Stakeholders have to get the regimes for device testing right, especially for devices' camp on.
To read all the pieces in 'Hardcoded' (more in train): atechnolegalupdate.substack.com/s/hardcoded
Presenting my latest piece on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco down under, with a focus on 71 dud Samsung models.
In this one, I look at how a crucial part of the solution for this fiasco has been staring at us - certainly at Samsung - in the face.
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It's been another fun year of cogitation.
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Oh, and here's the page with all my previous articles for this 'Hardcoded' series.
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Presenting Article Four in my series on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco in our great southern land.
Here, I profile the regulatory landscape for telcos and phone manufacturers with respect to the 000 capability of phones pinging Australian networks.
When anyone picks up a mobile phone, odds are they donโt know the operational and regulatory bits of how 000 works.
They are, however, entitled to expect that it will.
That, when they need it the most, help will come.
My latest piece looks at what happens when it doesn't.
ICYMI here's the Prologue for the series: open.substack.com/pub/atechnol...
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The first substantive piece in my series on the emergency camp on functionality fiasco in Australia is here.
This one brings together mobile telephony, firmware, economic incentives, CNI, technology debt, and, of course, Roy & HG, so it is perfect for your Friday to chew on.
