CommsWire daily newsletter - 31 January 2022

The benefits continue to flow from Australia’s decision to say “Yes” to competition in 1992 According to research from Venture Insights in its white paper to commemorate the 30th birthday of Australia’s challenger telco, Australians continue to benefit from lower prices, better service and more innovation with the introduction of Optus as a telecommunication competitor.  

Charles Todd Oration 2019

TelSoc is pleased to host John Lord AM, Chairman of Huawei Technologies Australia, to give the Charles Todd Oration in 2019. China and the broader APAC region are emerging as key drivers of technology. This is being driven by a growing and better educated middle-class in the region. For a number of different reasons Australia seems reluctant to be a central part of the rising APAC region and instead continues to take its lead from the Western Hemisphere.

U.S. Telco Industry History as a Prologue to its Future

The history of the industry reveals a continuing tension between the forces of competition and concentration. Having coursed through eras of monopoly, competition, and regulated monopoly, the telcos are now in a more competitive arena. There is regulatory uncertainty on the issue of net neutrality.

Review of the Mexican Telecommunications Market

This article recounts the evolution and current state of the Mexican telecommunications ecosystem, briefly describing new challenges and opportunities posed by the digital economy.

CommsWire - 25 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

CommsWire - 21 August 2015

Accc Approves Tpg Takeover Of Iinet; Out Of Left Field: A Four (Or Five) Pillar Telco Policy?; Travellers Spark Hike In Mobile Data Consumption; Panel Pushes For Direct Use Of .Au Domain; Acma Says 2 Million Aussies Have Svod In New Report; Analysis: Gartner?s Asia Pacific Network Services Ratings, Courtesy Of Telstra.

CommsWire - 21 August 2015

Accc Approves Tpg Takeover Of Iinet; Out Of Left Field: A Four (Or Five) Pillar Telco Policy?; Travellers Spark Hike In Mobile Data Consumption; Panel Pushes For Direct Use Of .Au Domain; Acma Says 2 Million Aussies Have Svod In New Report; Analysis: Gartner?s Asia Pacific Network Services Ratings, Courtesy Of Telstra.

CommsWire daily news - 18 June 2015

Ooyala stops ad blocking; NetComm on a roll; The big switch ? analogue TV gone in half the world; Wi-Fi ?to carry bulk of future mobile data traffic?; Competition, not consolidation, drives telco innovation, says EU antitrust chief; Woolworths Online woes ? a customer?s lament.

CommsWire daily news - 6 November 2014 Special Edition

Graeme Samuel on the NBN, Telstra, and the future of competition in telecommunications: Yesterday former head of the ACCC Graeme Samuel gave the annual Charles Todd Oration for TelSoc. This issue of CommsWire is devoted to his talk, a breath of fresh air in the interminable debate over Australia?s National Broadband Network

Network Neutrality - hardly neutral!

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'.