News

CommsDay 2nd Back Story of the Week – from CommsDay, Wednesday 11 March 2026 Because there has not been a CommsDay Story of the Week for the first two weeks of March (I have been…

CommsDay Back Story of the Week – from CommsDay, Friday 6 March 2026 I have been overseas and unable to bring you the Story of the Week for the first two weeks in March.  There…

CommsDay Story of the Week – from CommsDay, Friday 27 February 2026 We have chosen an article which reported the proceedings of the Senate Environment and Communications references Committee held yesterday (26 February) in which…

CommsDay Story of the Week – from CommsDay, Thursday 19 February 2026 We have chosen an Op-Ed article by Adam Suckling, Deputy Chair of ACMA.  Adam sets out very clearly what ACMA needs to consider…

CommsDay Regional & Policy Forum This newsletter is to alert all TelSoc members and colleagues to the CommsDay Regional & Policy Forum being held in Canberra next week. The Forum runs for 2 days –…

CommsDay Story of the Week – from CommsDay issue published on Wednesday 11 February 2026 There was a toss-up for this week’s CommsDay Story of the Week.  Both stories were published on Wednesday last and…

CommsDay Story of the Week – from CommsDay of Friday 6 February 2026 We chose this story because it helps to summarise on-going contention within the telecommunications industry about the way in which other policy…

TelSoc Online Event: REMINDER Carol Bennett, CEO of ACCAN One year in – Carol Bennett reviews 2025 and looks to the year ahead Tuesday, 10 February 2026 – from 12.30 to 1.30 pm AEDT Just…

How many MNOs do we need? In last week’s Story of the Week we reprinted a CommsDay article on an OECD report proposing that Australian authorities should positively facilitate the entry of a fourth mobile…

CommsDay Story of the Week This week’s story is from today’s issue (Friday 23 January) about the newly released OECD report recommending reservation of spectrum and encouragement for a fourth mobile network operator (MNO) in…

Story of the Week The story of the week is from CommsDay of Friday 16 January 2026, and picks up on BRRR’s comments about small cell LEOsat service performance in rural areas.  Kristy Sparrow of…

TelSoc Online Event: Carol Bennett, CEO of ACCAN Promoting Consumer Welfare: ACCAN’s Priorities for 2026 Tuesday, 10 February 2026 – from 12.30 pm AEST   TelSoc has pleasure in announcing its first online event for the…