Telecommunications plays an increasingly central and critical role in the fabric of our modern digital society. TelSoc exists to maximise the effectiveness of telecommunications in Australia through improved understanding and discussion of its current role and future possibilities.
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Latest News
TelSoc Newsletter – CommsDay Story of the Week – Emergency Roaming
From CommsDay of 30 October 2026 Our CommsDay Story of the Week is from today’s CommsDay. The article deals with the Minister’s decision that she is satisfied with the arrangements that have been made amongst the mobile operators themselves for emergency roaming, and that there is, so far, no need for the introduction of a…
TelSoc Newsletter – CommsDay Story of the Week – Focus on Starlink
From CommsDay of 22 October 2026 Our CommsDay Story of the Week is covered by two articles on Starlink in yesterday’s CommsDay. Both are reprined below. We have chosen these articles because they provide important information, from the top levels in Space X (Elon Musk and President Gwynne Shotwell) of the overall business strategy being…
TelSoc Newsletter – CommsDay Story of the Week – UOMO Legislation passed
From CommsDay of 16 October 2026 We have said it before – there is a lot happening in telecommunications at the moment. And a lot of it happened this week. On Monday, TelSoc held its Charles Todd Oration and lunch in Sydney. Our speaker was Sri Amirthalingam, Chief Technology Officer of Optus and the title…