News
Productivity Commission recommends scrapping of USO Telstra could lose billions of dollars in payments if the Federal Government adopts recommendations by the Productivity Commission that the Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation be scrapped.
7th December 2016
Basslink to Tas Govt: outage an Act of God so pay up Basslink has demanded that Hydro Tasmania resume payments for the undersea cable that provides power and telecommunications between mainland Australia and the island state, claiming the recent six-month outage was a ?Force Majeure? event (Act of God).
6th December 2016
NBN: one million-plus premises ready for FttN connection More than one million premises are now ready for connection the National Broadband Network via the FttN network as NBN Co speeds up the rollout across the country.
5th December 2016
Telstra expanding rural, regional coverage with mobile blackspot remediation Telstra says more residents, businesses visitors in rural and regional Australia will soon benefit from its expanded mobile coverage, including superfast mobile broadband, under round two of the Federal Government?s Mobile Black Spot Program (MBSP).
2nd December 2016
New coalition to fight for ?fair-go? for comms services in rural, regional Australia A new, coalition to fight for better communications services for Australians living in regional, rural and remote areas of the country has been formed by advocacy groups including the communications industry peak body, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).
1st December 2016
NBN Co fiddles with CVC while Roma buffers The two major problems with the nbn (the company) business model are the pricing structure and the future level of prices due to the cost of the NBN (the network) and another CVC consultation offers no relief.
30th November 2016
NBN Co fiddles with CVC while Roma buffers The two major problems with the nbn (the company) business model are the pricing structure and the future level of prices due to the cost of the NBN (the network) and another CVC consultation offers no relief.
30th November 2016
Telstra links up with Fon to offer free Wi-Fi for overseas travelers Telstra is offering its mobile customers free Wi-Fi data at hotspots around the world with its Telstra Air service, claiming a first for a major Australian telco to make the offer available to personal mobile customers.
29th November 2016
Census bungle inquiry: what did it achieve? The 112-page report into the failed 2016 census, tabled by the Senate Economics Reference Committee on Thursday, presumably brings to an end ? for the year at least ? the unedifying tale of how bureaucrats and tech firms bungled what should be an orderly count of the populace.
28th November 2016
Government to abolish telecoms anti-competitive laws The Federal Government is repealing telecommunications anti-competitive laws originally imposed nearly 20 years ago to support the development of competition in the telecommunications sector
25th November 2016