items tagged with Telecoms regulation
auDA seeks input on domain rules
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-03 03:52:08
auDA, the policy authority for the .au domain, is conducting an online survey to get input from the general public as part of a policy review.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-03 03:52:08
auDA, the policy authority for the .au domain, is conducting an online survey to get input from the general public as part of a policy review.
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Telstra FttN plan back on the table, Labor needs to match it
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-04-03 03:33:29
Labor's proposal to break Telstra's grip on Australia's broadband infrastructure may have struck a nerve, as Telstra's on again, off again national fibre network is back on again.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-04-03 03:33:29
Labor's proposal to break Telstra's grip on Australia's broadband infrastructure may have struck a nerve, as Telstra's on again, off again national fibre network is back on again.
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Coonan's doublethink on regulating for FTTN
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-04-03 01:45:25
Communications minister Helen Coonan has managed an amazing verbal sleight of hand in her condemnation of the ALP's position on the regulatory issues surrounding an FTTN rollout.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-04-03 01:45:25
Communications minister Helen Coonan has managed an amazing verbal sleight of hand in her condemnation of the ALP's position on the regulatory issues surrounding an FTTN rollout.
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Labor's broadband plan - will 12Mbps be enough in 2012?
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-03-27 09:40:08
Labor's plan to break Telstra's stranglehold on Australia's broadband infrastructure has a lot of merit, but in five years' time will 12Mbps be enough?
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-03-27 09:40:08
Labor's plan to break Telstra's stranglehold on Australia's broadband infrastructure has a lot of merit, but in five years' time will 12Mbps be enough?
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Howard's "wait and see" approach sets Australian broadband back 20 years
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-03-26 06:05:34
Despite the deadlock with Telstra over building a high speed national broadband network, Australian Prime Minister John Howard would rather "wait and see" if someone rolls out such a network rather than accept Labor's plan of a joint venture between government and the private sector.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-03-26 06:05:34
Despite the deadlock with Telstra over building a high speed national broadband network, Australian Prime Minister John Howard would rather "wait and see" if someone rolls out such a network rather than accept Labor's plan of a joint venture between government and the private sector.
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South Korea to extend foreign porn ban
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-26 03:08:45
The South Korean government has already blocked access to all local pornographic web sites along with over 200 overseas sites, and is looking to put another 180 onto the blacklist by May.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-26 03:08:45
The South Korean government has already blocked access to all local pornographic web sites along with over 200 overseas sites, and is looking to put another 180 onto the blacklist by May.
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Relief from pesky telemarketing calls is at hand.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-26 02:43:23
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has set a national industry standard that limits the activities of organisations making unsolicited telemarketing and research calls.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-26 02:43:23
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has set a national industry standard that limits the activities of organisations making unsolicited telemarketing and research calls.
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FCC investigates network neutrality
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-26 01:30:38
The US Federal Communications Commission has begun an enquiry "to better understand the behavior of participants in the market for broadband services" - in other words to see whether the traditional non-discriminatory data carriage provided by the Internet is under threat.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-26 01:30:38
The US Federal Communications Commission has begun an enquiry "to better understand the behavior of participants in the market for broadband services" - in other words to see whether the traditional non-discriminatory data carriage provided by the Internet is under threat.
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Labor's broadband plan breaks Telstra's squeeze on Australia's assets
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-03-25 07:59:27
Telstra has Australia by the balls and the only escape is to break the telco giant's vice-like grip on the country's communications infrastructure.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-03-25 07:59:27
Telstra has Australia by the balls and the only escape is to break the telco giant's vice-like grip on the country's communications infrastructure.
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Broadband war of words heats up
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-03-25 07:27:08
Australia's broadband future is shaping up to be one of the major agenda items for the next federal election, with the debating showing no signs of abating in the wake of the ALP's announcement of its plan to fund a nationwide FTTN network with money from the future fund.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-03-25 07:27:08
Australia's broadband future is shaping up to be one of the major agenda items for the next federal election, with the debating showing no signs of abating in the wake of the ALP's announcement of its plan to fund a nationwide FTTN network with money from the future fund.
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US judge blocks COPA online porn law
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-22 17:11:22
A US federal judge has struck down the 1998 Child Online Protection Act that made it a crime for commercial web site operators to allow children to access material considered "harmful" by "contemporary community standards".
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-22 17:11:22
A US federal judge has struck down the 1998 Child Online Protection Act that made it a crime for commercial web site operators to allow children to access material considered "harmful" by "contemporary community standards".
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US judge blocks online porn law
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2007-03-22 15:28:28
A US federal judge has struck down a 1998 law that made it a crime for commercial web site operators to allow children to access material considered "harmful" by "contemporary community standards".
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2007-03-22 15:28:28
A US federal judge has struck down a 1998 law that made it a crime for commercial web site operators to allow children to access material considered "harmful" by "contemporary community standards".
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ICANN may offer domain registrants more privacy
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-22 03:33:29
At present, people registering domains must allow their contact details to appear in a public database - but that may change if the recommendations of ICANN's task force on whois services are accepted.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-22 03:33:29
At present, people registering domains must allow their contact details to appear in a public database - but that may change if the recommendations of ICANN's task force on whois services are accepted.
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ACS's each-way bet on broadband proposals
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-22 02:25:17
The Australian Computer Society has welcomed comments on the need for investment into broadband infrastructure from the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Helen Coonan and Shadow Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Stephen Conroy (see these iTWire stories: government, opposition, Stuart Corner's commentary).
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-22 02:25:17
The Australian Computer Society has welcomed comments on the need for investment into broadband infrastructure from the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Helen Coonan and Shadow Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Stephen Conroy (see these iTWire stories: government, opposition, Stuart Corner's commentary).
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ALP's broadband vision beats the Coalition's Blueprint
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-03-22 02:01:38
Say what you like about the ALP's $4.7 billion broadband infrastructure plan, but at least it has clarity of vision and goals, something that has been sadly lacking during a decade of Coalition Government.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-03-22 02:01:38
Say what you like about the ALP's $4.7 billion broadband infrastructure plan, but at least it has clarity of vision and goals, something that has been sadly lacking during a decade of Coalition Government.
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Telstra uses ALP broadband plan for another swipe at ACCC
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-21 04:15:41
Telstra has used the ALP's announcement of is $4.7 billion broadband plan to take another swipe a the ACCC.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-21 04:15:41
Telstra has used the ALP's announcement of is $4.7 billion broadband plan to take another swipe a the ACCC.
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Labor's $4.7b broadband vision 12Mbps for (almost) everybody
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-21 04:06:37
Shadow communications minister, Stephen Conroy and shadow finance minister, Lindsay Tanner, have unveiled an ambitious plan to upgrade Australia's broadband infrastructure to deliver 12Mbps to 98 percent of the population within five years.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-21 04:06:37
Shadow communications minister, Stephen Conroy and shadow finance minister, Lindsay Tanner, have unveiled an ambitious plan to upgrade Australia's broadband infrastructure to deliver 12Mbps to 98 percent of the population within five years.
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Opinion: Absence of net neutrality rules harms consumers
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-15 02:03:22
Who benefits from the absence of rules requiring net neutrality? Not consumers, whether they are individuals, families, businesses or other organisations.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-15 02:03:22
Who benefits from the absence of rules requiring net neutrality? Not consumers, whether they are individuals, families, businesses or other organisations.
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UPDATE 1-NZ's Telecom: share price doesn't reflect risk
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-14 05:28:56
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-14 05:28:56
WELLINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - Telecom Corp. of New Zealand's (TEL.NZ: Quote, Profile, Research) share price does not fully reflecting the cost of regulatory changes being forced on the company, Chief Financial Officer Marko Bogoievski said on Wednesday.
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Consumer body slams proposed directory assistance changes
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-08 00:57:36
The Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) has come out strongly against a decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to allow extra, charged, services to be provided on the directory assistance number 1223.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2007-03-08 00:57:36
The Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) has come out strongly against a decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to allow extra, charged, services to be provided on the directory assistance number 1223.
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