TelSoc Online Event: Space Industry Association of Australia

Dan Lloyd, CEO, and Isobel Haddow, Head of Membership, Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) Australia’s Telecommunications Future:Optimising Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Capability to Ensure National Communications Resilience TelSoc has pleasure in announcing its next online event on Wednesday, 4 June 2025, from 12.30 p.m. 

TelSoc Online Event: Carol Bennett, CEO of ACCAN

TelSoc has pleasure in announcing its next online event on Wednesday, 21 May 2025, from 12.30 p.m. 

TelSoc Online Event: Luke Coleman: Election Preview

TelSoc has pleasure in announcing its next online event on Wednesday, 30 April, from 12.30 p.m.  With just weeks to go until the Federal election, Communications Alliance CEO Luke Coleman will present on the industry's top priorities for the next term of Parliament. 

Benefiting from Asia’s Technology Revolution

Introduction Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and distinguished guests. It is a pleasure to be here today delivering the TelSoc Charles Todd Oration. Many eminent people have delivered this oration over the years, so I am honoured to have been asked to deliver this today. TelSoc plays such a valuable role in our local telecommunications industry in promoting the discussion around the development of the telecommunications industry here in Australia.

How to Transition the National Broadband Network to Fibre To The Premises

The Australian Multi-Technology Mix (MTM) NBN plan includes Fibre to the Node technology and remediating and upgrading the existing Telstra and Optus Hybrid Fibre Coaxial networks. This paper discusses the migration from the MTM NBN to a Fibre to the Curb or ubiquitous Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) NBN.

Australian Wholesale Telecommunications Reforms

This paper considers what the government of the day should do with the NBN after the NBN is built and fully operational in 2022. It discusses four options for the ownership of NBN Co beyond 2022 and describes arguments for and against each option.

Telecoms Policy in Canada

This paper provides an introduction to telecommunications policy in Canada, outlining the regulatory and legislative environment governing the provision of telecommunications services in the country and describing basic characteristics of its retail telecommunications services market. Drawing from regulatory and policy documents, the focus is on broad trends, central policy objectives and major players involved in Canada?s telecommunications infrastructure.

Telecommunications in Poland

This article describes the telecommunications market in Poland, and explores the organisation and infrastructure of Poland?s networks as well as the evolution of this sector within the last few decades. It attempts to put a number of issues in the Polish experience in perspective. This can be used to focus further efforts in both Poland and in other nations.

Dignity, diversity and democracy through inclusive design

This paper reports on a review of Australian political party websites and presents a case study on the redesign of the Dignity for Disability website as a roadmap for web developers on practical strategies for redesigning websites to meet international web accessibility guidelines.

TJA's NBN policy panel

In the lead-up to the Australian federal election in September 2013, there is huge and often bitter controversy over the potential benefits and disadvantages of each policy. TJA has assembled an NBN Policy Panel of four experienced commentators, ranging in their political sympathies from "centre left to centre right" – and none of them uncritical supporters of either policy. Their disciplines span the engineering, economics and marketing of broadband telecommunications.