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Telstra in firm discussions to acquire Pacnet; and Vocus finally acquires Amcom; Telco complaints drop again ? but NBN connection issues a worry; Australians taking more tablets.

18th December 2014

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When too much is not enough ? opposition grows to Telstra?s ?insatiable appetite?; US Commerce Secretary pledges open Internet; Pacnet deploys Network-as-a-Service at NSW Government data centre; ECONOMUSE The problems of transitional pricing; Google part of $500 million investment; 100G Europe India Gateway cable upgrade.

15th October 2014

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Use sixth channel for extra digital dividend, says Turnbull; Edited version of Turnbull?s address to RadComms; Smartphone adoption accelerates in prepaids; Vodafone jumps on M2M wagon; Fixed line keeps declining; Pacnet accelerating cloud growth with PEN 2.0.

11th September 2014

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COVER STORY     NBN ANNUAL REPORT ?    The NBN ? one year into the Turnbull era?    NBN Co hits 2014 targets?    The world according to Bill Morrow?    NBN Co?s financial performance?    ANALYSIS      Astounding finding ? NBN cost not worth benefit ?    Turnbull vs Clare on Vertigan?s cost vs benefit ?    OPINION      FTTN explained, by schoolmaster Turnbull?    FTTP needed for teleHealth, say Labor MPs

29th August 2014

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ANALYSIS     Astounding finding ? NBN cost not worth benefitThe long awaited Vertigan cost benefit analysis of the NBN has found that Labor?s version was a waste of money, while the Coalition?s offers much better value. Wow! Comms Alliance wants data retention ?clarity?Industry body Communications Alliance says it wants to work with the Government on its proposed data retention laws.

27th August 2014

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COVER STORY ? THE GREAT PIRACY DEBATE ?    Government releases piracy discussion paper ?to greatly differing responses?    OPINION      When anti-piracy laws are anti-consumer laws?    The industry response ? Comms Alliance?    The copyright owners? response ? Foxtel?    The consumer advocate?s response ? Choice ?    The politician?s response ? the Greens 

1st August 2014

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Turnbull defends ISP piracy plan ? and says content owners need to lift their gameCommunications Minister Malcom Turnbull has defended the Government?s plans to make ISPs police the actions of their customers.? Australia?s ?app economy? is boomingA new report says that Australia?s ?app economy? of mobile device developers and their support staff is one of the country?s fastest growing employment sectors.

1st August 2014

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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