Richard Chirgwin

Richard Chirgwin is a veteran of Australia's tech press, covering IT, telecommunications, security, networking, and protocols. Prior to iTnews, he worked at The Register for 9 years.

Recent articles by Richard Chirgwin

Telcos working to overcome flooding in NSW, Queensland

Telcos working to overcome flooding in NSW, Queensland

Water receding, but many sites still inaccessible.
Richard Chirgwin Mar 4 2022 6:55AM Telco/ISP
Small telcos could get consumer data right exemption

Small telcos could get consumer data right exemption

Enterprise services likely to be exempt as well.
Richard Chirgwin Mar 3 2022 11:00AM Telco/ISP
Old QuoVadis certificate issue starting to break Cisco products

Old QuoVadis certificate issue starting to break Cisco products

Some devices will need replacing.
Richard Chirgwin Mar 2 2022 5:04PM Hardware
Digital Tasmania lobbies gov to support new cable builds

Digital Tasmania lobbies gov to support new cable builds

Argues government could attract infrastructure with money.
Richard Chirgwin Mar 2 2022 5:00PM Telco/ISP
Aussie Broadband calls on IoT vendors to catch up with IPv6

Aussie Broadband calls on IoT vendors to catch up with IPv6

Netflix over IPv6 on your laptop, IPv4 on your "smart" TV.
Richard Chirgwin Mar 2 2022 11:59AM Telco/ISP
NBN Co, Telstra, Optus networks impacted by severe floods

NBN Co, Telstra, Optus networks impacted by severe floods

Power loss downs exchanges, towers.
Richard Chirgwin Mar 1 2022 8:55AM Telco/ISP
Telstra shows off edge compute in Barcelona

Telstra shows off edge compute in Barcelona

And grabs a 5G speed record, for now.
Richard Chirgwin Mar 1 2022 6:30AM Cloud
BitConnect boss closer to alleged Ponzi scheme trial

BitConnect boss closer to alleged Ponzi scheme trial

Grand jury indictment for Satish Kumbhani.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 28 2022 11:56AM Strategy
Competition regulator mulls data transparency for major platforms

Competition regulator mulls data transparency for major platforms

Data transparency, dark patterns up for grabs.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 28 2022 10:48AM Strategy
NCI's Gadi supercomputer to receive storage upgrade

NCI's Gadi supercomputer to receive storage upgrade

SoftIron takes big iron contract.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 28 2022 6:38AM Cloud
Ombudsman says agencies still break data interception laws

Ombudsman says agencies still break data interception laws

Police and regulators need to improve their act.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 25 2022 11:49AM Security
Domino’s delivers bigger capex slice to digital

Domino’s delivers bigger capex slice to digital

Tech spend to more than triple.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 24 2022 1:07PM Strategy
UK, US warn Russian malware spotted in the wild

UK, US warn Russian malware spotted in the wild

Cyclops Blink circulating since 2019.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 24 2022 1:07PM Security
TPG looks to fixed wireless adds, Telstra deal for growth

TPG looks to fixed wireless adds, Telstra deal for growth

As ADSL resale wraps up.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 24 2022 1:07PM Telco/ISP
Optus' Ultimo data centre on the market

Optus' Ultimo data centre on the market

Ex-Nortel site up for sale.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 23 2022 1:16PM Hardware
Australian carriers ordered to block more pirate streamers

Australian carriers ordered to block more pirate streamers

Federal Court backs movie studios.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 23 2022 11:25AM Strategy
Digicel lights up repaired Tonga cable

Digicel lights up repaired Tonga cable

Remote islands of Vava'u still offline.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 23 2022 9:12AM Telco/ISP
FSG chooses Nokia, Mavenir for regional network build

FSG chooses Nokia, Mavenir for regional network build

Network build to continue into 2023.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 22 2022 12:19PM Telco/ISP
Yarra Valley Water signs 15-year IoT device management deal

Yarra Valley Water signs 15-year IoT device management deal

As it takes asset monitoring underground.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 22 2022 12:16PM Telco/ISP
Telstra, Optus: don't treat network transactions as personal information

Telstra, Optus: don't treat network transactions as personal information

Doing so could break telecommunications networks.
Richard Chirgwin Feb 22 2022 6:46AM Telco/ISP

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