About
Who We Are
The Telecommunications Association (TelSoc) is a not-for-profit society registered as an incorporated association. It is the Australian telecommunication industry’s oldest learned society, and one of the oldest learned societies across all sectors in Australia.
TelSoc organises public forums, provides a regular newsletter to members on industry news, and publishes the prestigious Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy. New members can join here.
Telsoc's constitution
Telecommunications Association Inc., ABN 34 732 327 053, is registered in Victoria adopting the Model Rules for an Incorporated Association under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012. See the Rules here: Rules of Telecommunications Association Inc. Some minor rule changes were formally adopted at the inaugural AGM in October 2014. These will be reflected in the Rules when they have been approved by the Victorian authority. In the meantime the marked up rules can be found here:
Rules of the Telecommunications Association marked up with amendments in special resolutions
TelSoc's Vision and Purpose
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.
TelSoc's Purpose
TelSoc's mission is to provide a focus for Australian Telecommunications in the following areas:
- The dissemination of new information
- To encourage productive debate
- A platform to illuminate what the future holds
- To stress the importance of excellence in Telecommunications
- To provide professional networking between people in all roles in the Telecommunications Community
- To enable lifelong learning in Telecommunications for all related professionals
Principles
TelSoc believes in the importance of:
- Taking pride in the Telecommunications industry or profession
- Good decisions made on the best possible information
- Professionalism in what we do and enable
- Even-handed, factually based, well-argued alternative views
- A multidisciplinary approach, involving all roles in the Telecommunications Community
- Enthusiasm in all things
The TelSoc Community
TelSoc embraces all those in the broader telecommunications community:
- Engineering
- Information Technology
- Academia
- Students
- Sales & Marketing
- Legal
- Manufacturers
- Media
- Service Providers
- Corporates
- Government & Regulatory
- SMEs
- Consultants and others
TelSoc Board
The current (2026) Board members are:
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Michelle Lim |
| Vice President | Vacant |
| Secretary | Vacant |
| Treasurer | Jim Holmes |
| Member | Sarah Alderson |
| Member | Crispin Blackall |
| Member | Allan Horsley |
| Member | Iain Little |
| Member | Tony Neilson |
| Ex officio | Leith Campbell, Editor-in-Chief, JTDE |