ACCC
Newsletter
Harper review calls for new competition body; Half the world will be online by 2017; Optus claims carrier aggregation first; Vodafone revamps prepaid offerings; ECONOMUSE 2014 review of retail broadband pricing.
23rd September 2014
Newsletter
Turnbull proposes new licence class; ACCC won?t block TPG's fibre to the basement; Labor ? the Government is ?still dithering?; The origins of the ?level playing field?; Telstra announces 700 MHz expansion; Buying on the go ? the way to go; Planet Tel acquires ISPhone; Virgin takes on Telstra with bonus data offer; A slow day on the Internet.
12th September 2014
Newsletter
COVER STORY - THE PIRACY DEBATE ; Lack of transparency in Transparency Report; The questions in the Migration Assurance Policy; and takes Whispir international; ACMA releases five year spectrum outlook ; Mail decline hits Australia Post profits ; Samsung beats Apple to the punch; as EFTPOS goes online with consumer trials; Microsoft silent on Australian Azure host; Change the network planning laws, says AMTA; Move over Google Maps ? Nokia?s HERE now on Samsung?s Android phones; while Xiaomi...
5th September 2014
Newsletter
Streaming closing in on traditional TV; so Foxtel fights back with major revamp; ACCC may block Wotif takeover; Mail decline hits Australia Post profits; Jabra feels the Pulse; European 700 MHz will be compatible with APT.
5th September 2014
Newsletter
COVER STORY ? THE BATTLE OVER DATA RETENTION ? Data retention needed to ?fight terrorism?? OPINION Three Stooges ? data retention turns to farce? Turnbull says data retention debate has ?got ahead of the policy?? iiNet ? it?s not ?just? metadata? EFA comes out against data retention laws? ISOC-AU?s ten questions about data retention
8th August 2014
Blog
Network Neutrality is a vexed issue in the United States and to some extent in Europe. What is interesting is that the issue until recently has seen partisan division between what I would call corporate interests. The issue is 'hardly neutral'.
4th August 2014
Newsletter
ANALYSIS NewSat in disarray, blames everybody elseAustralian satellite operator NewSat is not a happy place. Its shares are plummeting, three directors have resigned, and analysts are panning it. It wasn?t meant to be like this. Mint Wireless doubles revenues ? and lossesMobile payments company Mint Wireless has boosted revenues, but is still burning money.
4th August 2014
Newsletter
CommsWire 25 July 2014 Latest FAD consultation process beginsThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released a discussion paper on pricing for the regulated fixed line services supplied using Telstra?s copper network. OwnFone puts braille buttons on mobilesA mobile phone with personalised braille buttons has gone on sale in Australia.
25th July 2014
Newsletter
Vertigan report lets sleeping dogs lie ? ?with ?important modifications? which help the ACCC; IBM and Apple form unlikely alliance; What the IBM-Apple deal means; Brocade joins Ethernet Consortium; while Riverbed joins Azure group; Time Warner rebuffs Murdoch; Pacnet gets Gartner gong.
17th July 2014
Newsletter
NBN in $150 million FTTN pilot with Telstra with Alcatel-Lucent vectoring cabinets; It?s OK to store data offshore, says Government; Telecom NZ reveals Internet TV details; Telecom New Zealand?s retreat is complete; AARNet deal brings cloud to higher education ; Global mobile termination rates down; ACCC varies fixed line FADs; Australian business embracing social media; Telstra in major monitored security deal; Patrick Fair to head CA security panel; NBN cabling site for consumers; Can you...
27th June 2014