CommsWire daily newsletter - 9 July 2020

NBN Co turfs out 800 staff as COVID-19 surges again As the COVID-19 pandemic surges and again forces large parts of the country into lockdown, Australia’s broadband network provider NBN Co has announced it would be sacking 800 employees before the end of the year.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 29 June 2020

NSW Central Coast train stations now have free WiFi Free Wi-Fi is now available at 19 train stations on the rail line from Hornsby to Wyong in New South Wales, with Northern Sydney and Central Coast residents in the State getting greater connectivity on their daily commute.

Reg Coutts Interview at 11am Today

TelSoc and Huawei jointly invite you to our webinar and launch of our joint discussion paper ‘The Gigabit Gap’ on Monday 29th June at 1100. With the volume rollout of the National Broadband Network being completed in the coming days, the end result has left some Australians with world-class Gigabit access but many more with much lower speeds and poorer quality of connection.

Membership Renewal Reminder

Some members have had problems getting newsletters recently. It took quite a while, but we finally identified it was a problem with Outlook using non-standard code. We apologise to those affected, but hopefully you can now read the newsletters, including the daily CommsWire.  Note they all appear on the front page of the website TelSoc.org; just scroll down.

The Gigabit Gap - Prof Reg Coutts, TelSoc - Online Seminar

TelSoc and Huawei jointly invite you to our webinar and launch of our joint discussion paper ‘The Gigabit Gap’ on Monday 29th June at 1100. With the volume rollout of the National Broadband Network being completed in the coming days there are crucial questions over what happens now with Australia’s largest ever infrastructure project.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 1 April 2020

Before the usual CommsWire, the Telecommunications Association (TelSoc) issued the following statement today: TelSoc calls upon the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC):

CommsWire daily newsletter - 24 March 2020

As more people work from home, Penn makes restraint plea COMMENT: In the midst of any national crisis, it is common to find people who want to make themselves heard, even if they can only do so by making stupid statements. That is clearly the case with an utterance issued by Telstra chief executive Andrew Penn.

Cancellation of Henry Sutton Oration

Dear TelSoc Member, This is to inform you that we have taken the difficult decision to cancel or postpone the Henry Sutton Oration for 2020. As you may recall, we have two major luncheon events each year:

CommsWire daily newsletter - 17 March 2020

Labor calls for telcos to get capacity relief if NBN becomes congested The Opposition ALP has called for retail telecommunications providers to be considered for temporary capacity charge relief, in the event NBN speeds become congested as COVID19 leads more employees and children to use the internet from home.

CommsWire daily newsletter - 31 January 2020

Performance drop prompts TelSoc call for NBN rescue plan Australia’s Telecommunications Association (Telsoc) has repeated its call for a bipartisan response by Australia's politicians to the National Broadband Network and a rescue plan for the NBN as “Australia’s broadband performance falls even further”.