I wish this was a joke but it's evidently not!
#GreatFirewallOfAustralia #AustraliaFirewall #2Gshutdown #3Gshutdown #VoLTE #ImportBan #Australia #Cyberfacism #LTE #5G
#ImportBan
@shaknais not entirely, as #Telstra doesn't use a standard-compliant profile.
- Also this may still brick calling & SMS functionality and they still enacted an #ImportBan on foreign devices that the Networks don't certify, which is evidently being flexed against subscribers...
A #PSA for anyone living, staying, entering or even travelling to/from #Australia:
Apparently, #Australia decided to mandate it's #GSM systems to be shutdown because some #GalaxyBrainChair wanted to yeet #2G & #3G and demand everything to use #4G & #5G when in fact #VoLTE support is spotty at best and #EmergencyCalling oftentimes is explicitly hardcoded to not use #WIFIcalling or VoLTE as providing #triangulation and #LocationData via #SS7 is a desired feature when someone calls EMS, Fire Dept or the Police for help...
So essentially #tourists and anyone who hasn't an explicitly fully VoLTE-functional device they tested and verified to also do #EmergencyCalls via VoLTE are fecked with no reception when they need it the most!
This WILL KILL PEOPLE!!!
As much as we want to bitch about #GSM & #GPRS / #UMTS being #outdated and #inefficient, there are reasons to at least keep 2G available - ranging from lower power consumption to higher resilience in emergency situations.
#NewZealand for example does shutdown non-#EmergencyCalls during severe #Earthquakes so that people trapped and/or in need of urgent assistance can get through to dispatch operators and everyone else has to get in line and take a number aka. use #SMS or if existing #Internet to say "I'm fine!"...
If the Ozzies really need that juicy #UHF #SubGHz #Spectrum it's totally feasible to instead change the #allocations and reconfigure #CellularNetworks to use lesser bandwith for 2G (i.e. only keeping the absolute mininum of channels available for any service) and thus clear up space...
And to add insult to injury, Australia passed a #NorthKorea|n-alike #CellPhone #ImportBan for any device that doesn't do i.e. the bespoke proprietary garbage that i.e. #Telstra, #Vodafone and #Optus do with the #baseband modems of their #branded devices...
Seriously, which #TechIlliterate dickhead decided it's a good idea to do that #3Gshutdown in Australia without even a basic 2G network up and running at all?
- At least #Switzerland [AFAIK] still has #3G up and running (tho it would've been wiser to do it like #Germany and keep #2G as emergency fallback with it's functions like #CellBroadcast....
Alter Verbrenner in 10 Jahren? "Egal, lass' nach Afrika verkaufen!".
Meanwhile in #Äthiopien (HEUTE!): “A decision has been made that automobiles cannot enter #Ethiopia unless they are electric ones”.
#ImportStopp #ImportBan
https://apanews.net/ethiopia-to-ban-importation-of-non-electric-cars/
Apple To Skirt US Import Ban On Watch Series 9 And Ultra 2 By Removing Blood Oxygen App #apple #bloodoxygenapp #importban #removal #smartwatches #us #watch #wearables
https://www.lowyat.net/2024/314492/apple-omits-blood-oxygen-app-avoid-ban/
Apple watches back
On sale for a moment, then
Ban looms on the horizon
Apple Watches may soon be a thing of the past
A potential ban is oh so crass
Unless Biden intervenes
It will cause major scenes
AndWatch Series 9 and Ultra 2 won't last
The Indian government has clarified that there are no immediate plans to impose additional import restrictions on electronic goods.
#IndianGovt #IndiaNews #Electronics #ElectronicsGoods #Import #ImportBan
https://www.ganganews.com/business/no-immediate-plans-for-import-restrictions-on-electronics/
📢 BREAKING
CREA's weekly snapshot of #Russian #FossilFuel exports for the week of 6 to 12 February 2023 is out now!
⚠️ Russia’s crude #oil export volumes & revenues fell last week, after rebounding for several weeks from the lows reached after the start of the #EU #ImportBan. 👇
#OnContinue le travail sur l’instrument anti-coercition en tant que rapporteur @RenewEurope
🔸renforcer les mesures miroirs
🔸créer un #ImportBan
🔸lutter contre les sanctions extraterritoriales
🔸concrétiser le « made in Europe » porté @EmmanuelMacron
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/MariePierreV/status/1603793423194099713
Our data for 5-11 December 2022 shows little sign of increases in oil-on-water, as impact of the #EU #ImportBan was initially absorbed by a drop in outbound shipments. The glut of #Russian #LNG cargoes continues as there is less demand from the EU.
The ban on seaborne oil imports from #Russia to the #EU starting on 5 December 2022 has resulted in a dramatic drop in overall #CrudeOil shipments from Russian ports. The #ImportBan and the #PriceCap successfully drove down the price of Russian crude oil.
Once the EU #ImportBan enters into force, Russia’s #CrudeOil export volumes are expected to fall. How large the reduction is depends on #Russia’s success in persuading other buyers to take the oil the #EU is not buying anymore.
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