# Australia Mandates Two-Factor Authentication for Telcos **URL:** \ **Category:** Blog Discussions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/australia-mandates-two-factor-authentication-for-telcos/40064 "2020-03-27T14:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bachi.degli-innocent](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/bachi.degli-innocent/32/16949_2.png) [@bachi.degli-innocent](https://community.auth0.com/u/bachi.degli-innocent)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/australia-mandates-two-factor-authentication-for-telcos/40064/1 "2020-03-27T14:15:38Z")
The ACMA announced that it will begin requiring all telcos to implement two-factor authentication (2FA) when customers transfer their phone numbers between providers. Brought to you by @mgonto [Read On](https://auth0.com/blog/australia-mandates-two-factor-authentication-for-telcos/) ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/2X/1/194e0fe5922a752caf8d09ded6c7017fa3b5ca25.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dan-auth0](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/User_font_awesome.svg/768px-User_font_awesome.svg.png) [@dan-auth0](https://community.auth0.com/u/dan-auth0)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/australia-mandates-two-factor-authentication-for-telcos/40064/2 "2020-05-05T21:53:21Z")
What do you think about these requirements? How would you feel about your Telco requiring MFA for you? ---
**Author:** ![konrad.sopala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/konrad.sopala/32/13516_2.png) [@konrad.sopala](https://community.auth0.com/u/konrad.sopala)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/australia-mandates-two-factor-authentication-for-telcos/40064/3 "2021-12-10T08:52:37Z")
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**Author:** ![konrad.sopala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/konrad.sopala/32/13516_2.png) [@konrad.sopala](https://community.auth0.com/u/konrad.sopala)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/australia-mandates-two-factor-authentication-for-telcos/40064/4 "2022-03-07T14:00:45Z")