items tagged with Telecoms regulation
Media Q&A with Conroy over Telstra NBN exclusion
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-15 02:10:47
Australia's Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, held a press briefing at 2.30pm today to discuss Telstra being excluded from the National Broadband Network (NBN) process. Here is the transcript of the Q&A session with the assembled media thereafter, supplied by the Senator's spokesperson and media adviser, Tim Marshall.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-15 02:10:47
Australia's Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, held a press briefing at 2.30pm today to discuss Telstra being excluded from the National Broadband Network (NBN) process. Here is the transcript of the Q&A session with the assembled media thereafter, supplied by the Senator's spokesperson and media adviser, Tim Marshall.
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Conroy “a manifest failure” over Telstra NBN exclusion: Minchin
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-14 17:58:41
Australia’s Shadow Communications Minister, Senator Nick Minchin, has savaged the Rudd Labor Government and the Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, over the “total ineptitude and mishandling” of the NBN process which has now seen Telstra excluded for a “remarkable” and “trivial reason”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-14 17:58:41
Australia’s Shadow Communications Minister, Senator Nick Minchin, has savaged the Rudd Labor Government and the Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, over the “total ineptitude and mishandling” of the NBN process which has now seen Telstra excluded for a “remarkable” and “trivial reason”.
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Telemarketing: the $1.58 billion dollar time waster
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-12-07 23:17:30
Telemarketing might be big business, but Australians hate it - not least because it's costing $A1.58 billion a year in wasted time.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-12-07 23:17:30
Telemarketing might be big business, but Australians hate it - not least because it's costing $A1.58 billion a year in wasted time.
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Telstra slams Whirlpool and “dead tree journalists” over unfair NBN coverage
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-01 20:43:10
Seemingly sick to death of constant attack on Telstra from “dead tree journalists” with an agenda, competitors and "geeky" Whirlpool critics, Telstra’s “Telstra-phile” Rod Bruem is taking the broom to the critics and whacking them over the head with it.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-01 20:43:10
Seemingly sick to death of constant attack on Telstra from “dead tree journalists” with an agenda, competitors and "geeky" Whirlpool critics, Telstra’s “Telstra-phile” Rod Bruem is taking the broom to the critics and whacking them over the head with it.
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Quaking Quilty questions Singtel Optus $10 billion NBN “black hole”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-27 21:50:20
With many believing Telstra is set to win the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender, come what may, Telstra’s David Quilty is going out on an all-out attack on Singtel Optus, questioning its “$10 billion funding hole” and labelling it a “sub-prime NBN bidder”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-27 21:50:20
With many believing Telstra is set to win the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender, come what may, Telstra’s David Quilty is going out on an all-out attack on Singtel Optus, questioning its “$10 billion funding hole” and labelling it a “sub-prime NBN bidder”.
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FCC frees up white spaces for wireless broadband
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-11-04 20:14:05
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to open the so called 'white spaces' in the TV spectrum for use by unlicensed devices for the delivery of wireless broadband services. Despite WiMAX and 3.5G services taking off in the US, will a new wave of wireless broadband soon be unleashed?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-11-04 20:14:05
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to open the so called 'white spaces' in the TV spectrum for use by unlicensed devices for the delivery of wireless broadband services. Despite WiMAX and 3.5G services taking off in the US, will a new wave of wireless broadband soon be unleashed?
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Broadband the Singapore way. What lessons for Australia?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-28 20:02:22
The Singapore Government has just announced a consortium, OpenNet, as the winner of its RFP for the building of a next generation broadband access network, and expects it to deliver a fibre to the home network capable of 1Gbps to over 90 percent of Singaporean homes and businesses by 2012. The way Singapore has gone about this is in stark contrast to Australia.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-28 20:02:22
The Singapore Government has just announced a consortium, OpenNet, as the winner of its RFP for the building of a next generation broadband access network, and expects it to deliver a fibre to the home network capable of 1Gbps to over 90 percent of Singaporean homes and businesses by 2012. The way Singapore has gone about this is in stark contrast to Australia.
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Court throws out Telstra's appeal against ACCC ruling
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-09-22 02:18:18
Telstra has failed in its attempt to have the Federal Court overturn three ACCC pricing decisions for its line sharing service - the price its competitors pay for access to Telstra copper to deliver broadband services while the line continues to provide a standard telephone service.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-09-22 02:18:18
Telstra has failed in its attempt to have the Federal Court overturn three ACCC pricing decisions for its line sharing service - the price its competitors pay for access to Telstra copper to deliver broadband services while the line continues to provide a standard telephone service.
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ACCC thwarts Telstra's ploy to force Optus onto HFC network for telephony
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-09-22 01:09:39
The ACCC has rejected a move by Telstra that would have denied Optus the ability to offer standard telephone services on the Telstra network in areas served by the Optus hybrid fibre co-axial network.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-09-22 01:09:39
The ACCC has rejected a move by Telstra that would have denied Optus the ability to offer standard telephone services on the Telstra network in areas served by the Optus hybrid fibre co-axial network.
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Nick Minchin, minister-for-the-sale-of-Telstra, now shadow comms minister
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-09-21 23:43:50
Senator Nick Minchin, who, as finance minister in the Howard Government had charge of the sale of the final tranche of Telstra, is now shadow communications minister.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-09-21 23:43:50
Senator Nick Minchin, who, as finance minister in the Howard Government had charge of the sale of the final tranche of Telstra, is now shadow communications minister.
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National Broadband Network: the questions that should have been asked
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-09 05:57:39
A UK study has found that national deployment of fibre to the cabinet (the cheapest technology option) would cost £5.1bn - three or four times more than the telecoms sector spent deploying today's broadband services - and that fibre to every UK home could cost as much as £28.8bn. For Australia, these numbers are less important than the questions that were asked.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-09 05:57:39
A UK study has found that national deployment of fibre to the cabinet (the cheapest technology option) would cost £5.1bn - three or four times more than the telecoms sector spent deploying today's broadband services - and that fibre to every UK home could cost as much as £28.8bn. For Australia, these numbers are less important than the questions that were asked.
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Telstra tears Terria a new one over NBN monopoly revelation
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-09-09 04:06:43
Telstra has accused its National Broadband Network rival, Terria, of wanting what Terria accused Telstra of deeply desiring: a monopoly. Should we inform the Parker Bros?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-09-09 04:06:43
Telstra has accused its National Broadband Network rival, Terria, of wanting what Terria accused Telstra of deeply desiring: a monopoly. Should we inform the Parker Bros?
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Telstra non-meekly states separation sucks
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-09-05 02:02:14
Driven by a desire to destroy the dimension that is “structural separation”, Telstra has quoted the curiously named Kip Meek in an attempt to annihilate any action that would see separation succeed.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-09-05 02:02:14
Driven by a desire to destroy the dimension that is “structural separation”, Telstra has quoted the curiously named Kip Meek in an attempt to annihilate any action that would see separation succeed.
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Telstra structurally separates itself from structural separation
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-08-27 00:53:36
The new “Dr Phil Burgess”, aka Group MD of Public Policy and Comms, David Quilty, has knitted Opposition Spokesman Bruce Billson a lovely message effectively telling him to get stuffed, and that as far as Telstra is concerned, structural separation is not an option.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-08-27 00:53:36
The new “Dr Phil Burgess”, aka Group MD of Public Policy and Comms, David Quilty, has knitted Opposition Spokesman Bruce Billson a lovely message effectively telling him to get stuffed, and that as far as Telstra is concerned, structural separation is not an option.
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Bye-Bye Burgess: Dr Phil departs Telstra
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-08-18 01:24:37
Dr Phil Burgess Telstra's outspoken public policy chief, is to leave Telstra at the end of August to return to the United States.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-08-18 01:24:37
Dr Phil Burgess Telstra's outspoken public policy chief, is to leave Telstra at the end of August to return to the United States.
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ISPs claim Comms Alliance hijacked by Telstra over LSS-ULLS migration
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-08-18 00:48:56
iiNet, Australia's third largest ISP, and Internode have blasted Communications Alliance, the telecoms industry's peak body, over a report to the ACCC on migrating telephony services to the unconditioned local loop (ULLS) claiming that its supposedly independent processes have been hijacked by Telstra.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-08-18 00:48:56
iiNet, Australia's third largest ISP, and Internode have blasted Communications Alliance, the telecoms industry's peak body, over a report to the ACCC on migrating telephony services to the unconditioned local loop (ULLS) claiming that its supposedly independent processes have been hijacked by Telstra.
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ACCC decision a blow to Telstra's competitors
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-08-15 02:35:20
Telcos wanting to compete with Telstra in the provision of fixed line telephone services are reeling from an ACCC decision that removes an obligation on Telstra to supply them with - in 248 Telstra exchanges - two wholesale services that are essential components of an end-to-end service.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-08-15 02:35:20
Telcos wanting to compete with Telstra in the provision of fixed line telephone services are reeling from an ACCC decision that removes an obligation on Telstra to supply them with - in 248 Telstra exchanges - two wholesale services that are essential components of an end-to-end service.
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Australia’s NBN and FttN – fibre to the nowhere?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-08-07 23:56:38
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has reached a “key moment” with August 22 set as the date by which carriers must submit the remaining “network information” the Government wants to send to NBN bidders, so they can then start finalising their NBN proposals. But as telecoms analyst Paul Budde states, the FttN proposed for Australia is already out of date, with FttH the preferred standard being rolled out overseas.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-08-07 23:56:38
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has reached a “key moment” with August 22 set as the date by which carriers must submit the remaining “network information” the Government wants to send to NBN bidders, so they can then start finalising their NBN proposals. But as telecoms analyst Paul Budde states, the FttN proposed for Australia is already out of date, with FttH the preferred standard being rolled out overseas.
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iPhone OS 2.1 released... to developers, plus turn-by-turn GPS?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-25 10:32:10
Some iPhone developers have started getting access to the beta version of the upcoming iPhone OS 2.1, an upgrade to the existing bug-filled iPhone OS 2.0 that’s been causing angst among iPhone users around the world. Is turn by turn GPS coming in 2.1, alongside cut and paste in future OS versions?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-25 10:32:10
Some iPhone developers have started getting access to the beta version of the upcoming iPhone OS 2.1, an upgrade to the existing bug-filled iPhone OS 2.0 that’s been causing angst among iPhone users around the world. Is turn by turn GPS coming in 2.1, alongside cut and paste in future OS versions?
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Telstra customer claims free unlock for outright iPhone 3G purchase
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-21 13:29:36
An iTWire reader by the username of “mac user” was outraged to discover that the iPhone 3G 16GB model he’d purchased outright did not come with a free unlock, but instead was to cost $150. So he did his homework and now claims that Telstra has unlocked his iPhone 3G free of charge! Has a massive can of worms just been opened for outright current or future iPhone 3G purchases from Telstra, Optus and Vodafone in Australia?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-21 13:29:36
An iTWire reader by the username of “mac user” was outraged to discover that the iPhone 3G 16GB model he’d purchased outright did not come with a free unlock, but instead was to cost $150. So he did his homework and now claims that Telstra has unlocked his iPhone 3G free of charge! Has a massive can of worms just been opened for outright current or future iPhone 3G purchases from Telstra, Optus and Vodafone in Australia?
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