items tagged with Telecoms regulation
Australian Government further delays “National Broadband Network”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-18 11:24:57
With any Australian fibre-based broadband network still up to 5 years away, the date of completion just got extended by at least 6 months as the Australian Federal Government extends the time for “robust proposals” to be submitted for consideration. As usual, the Federal Opposition is outraged!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-18 11:24:57
With any Australian fibre-based broadband network still up to 5 years away, the date of completion just got extended by at least 6 months as the Australian Federal Government extends the time for “robust proposals” to be submitted for consideration. As usual, the Federal Opposition is outraged!
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ACCC brews TEA trouble for Telstra over ULL price modelling
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-10 01:07:18
The ACCC has discovered serious errors in the modelling Telstra has used to justify its claim for $30 per month for uconditioned local loop (ULL) access, and an estimated $50 per month in 2011.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-10 01:07:18
The ACCC has discovered serious errors in the modelling Telstra has used to justify its claim for $30 per month for uconditioned local loop (ULL) access, and an estimated $50 per month in 2011.
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Carriers again unleash ACCC against Telstra over ULL access
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-08 17:26:36
Macquarie Telecom and Optus Networks have each notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of access disputes with Telstra concerning the unconditioned local loop service (ULLS). Even though the ACCC recently made final determinations in 18 access disputes, an astounding 35 are still being arbitrated.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-08 17:26:36
Macquarie Telecom and Optus Networks have each notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of access disputes with Telstra concerning the unconditioned local loop service (ULLS). Even though the ACCC recently made final determinations in 18 access disputes, an astounding 35 are still being arbitrated.
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Telstra's case against separation dealt a double blow
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-06 18:20:17
Telstra's strident opposition to any structural or functional separation for the planned National Broadband Network has been dealt a double blow with the heads of both BT and UK regulator, Ofcom praising the separation of BT's access network from other parts of its business.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-06 18:20:17
Telstra's strident opposition to any structural or functional separation for the planned National Broadband Network has been dealt a double blow with the heads of both BT and UK regulator, Ofcom praising the separation of BT's access network from other parts of its business.
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Functional separation works for broadband: UK communications regulator
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-07-06 02:28:51
While Telstra promotes the ideas that telecoms regulation and functional separation of its wholeslale and retail divisions are anathema, the UK communications regulator begs to differ. In fact, in its latest report the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) states that functional separation has been a resounding success - especially for broadband competition.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-07-06 02:28:51
While Telstra promotes the ideas that telecoms regulation and functional separation of its wholeslale and retail divisions are anathema, the UK communications regulator begs to differ. In fact, in its latest report the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) states that functional separation has been a resounding success - especially for broadband competition.
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Aust Govt pumps $270m into rural broadband
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-02 11:04:56
Seeking to shore up its broadband credentials, the Australian Federal Government is pumping an addition $270.7m into the Australian Broadband Guarantee. It’s being done to ensure metro-comparable broadband services to those in rural and regional areas until its longer term solutions are implemented.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-02 11:04:56
Seeking to shore up its broadband credentials, the Australian Federal Government is pumping an addition $270.7m into the Australian Broadband Guarantee. It’s being done to ensure metro-comparable broadband services to those in rural and regional areas until its longer term solutions are implemented.
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ACCC puts Telstra on notice over service connection times
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-06-30 20:42:31
The ACCC has detected significantly poorer performance from Telstra in the time taken to connect new end user services for wholesale customers compared to retail customers, and says it will be keeping a close watch on Telstra's future performance.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-06-30 20:42:31
The ACCC has detected significantly poorer performance from Telstra in the time taken to connect new end user services for wholesale customers compared to retail customers, and says it will be keeping a close watch on Telstra's future performance.
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Aust Govt gets into "body" building with $87,000 grant
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-23 01:13:40
The government wants to give consumers a “stronger voice” on the topic of telecommunications issues and is helping establish a “peak body” from consumer organisations to do so.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-23 01:13:40
The government wants to give consumers a “stronger voice” on the topic of telecommunications issues and is helping establish a “peak body” from consumer organisations to do so.
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Gov't grant to help create new consumer telecoms body
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-06-23 00:27:19
The government has given a grant of $87,000 to the Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) to help fund the creation of a new body to represent the interests of consumers on telecommunications matters: it could end up absorbing CTN.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-06-23 00:27:19
The government has given a grant of $87,000 to the Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) to help fund the creation of a new body to represent the interests of consumers on telecommunications matters: it could end up absorbing CTN.
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Telstra fumes at 15% hike on cost of FTTN broadband claim
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-05 07:25:00
The T4: Tell the Truth Telstra website, has published a report from the Centre for International Economics (CIE) claiming Telstra would charge 15% more for broadband services if it wins the FTTN network. Telstra has slammed the report as “bogus” – who’s right?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-05 07:25:00
The T4: Tell the Truth Telstra website, has published a report from the Centre for International Economics (CIE) claiming Telstra would charge 15% more for broadband services if it wins the FTTN network. Telstra has slammed the report as “bogus” – who’s right?
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Auditor General says Conroy breached broadband tender requirements: opposition
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-23 04:41:45
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-23 04:41:45
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.
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The slow road to faster Australian broadband
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-22 09:08:10
Although faster fibre broadband in Australia will still take years to build, the process has been delayed by another 12 weeks to give potential bidders more time to examine network information before lodging their proposals.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-22 09:08:10
Although faster fibre broadband in Australia will still take years to build, the process has been delayed by another 12 weeks to give potential bidders more time to examine network information before lodging their proposals.
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Australian Opposition demands AG review of National Broadband Network tender
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-05-06 22:28:31
Australia's shadow communications minister, Bruce Billson, has issued a damning indictment of the Government's National Broadband Network (NBN) RFP process and has called on the Commonwealth Auditor General to conduct "an urgent, full and thorough investigation".
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-05-06 22:28:31
Australia's shadow communications minister, Bruce Billson, has issued a damning indictment of the Government's National Broadband Network (NBN) RFP process and has called on the Commonwealth Auditor General to conduct "an urgent, full and thorough investigation".
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Australian comms minister canvasses structural separation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-06 07:46:13
Australia's communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy, has said that he would consider a structural separation of Telstra along the lines of separation regimes introduced in Singapore, the UK and New Zealand in order to ensure a competitive market in the provision of future broadband services.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-06 07:46:13
Australia's communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy, has said that he would consider a structural separation of Telstra along the lines of separation regimes introduced in Singapore, the UK and New Zealand in order to ensure a competitive market in the provision of future broadband services.
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Tasmanian Government strangling the Internet?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-05-05 07:41:32
Australia’s southern island, Tasmania, has two fibre optic connections to the mainland, but with only one carrying consumer and business traffic, and the other apparently laying idle. With major ISP, Internode, ceasing the sign-up of new ADSL2+ consumer customers, is the Apple isle suffering affordable Internet denial?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-05-05 07:41:32
Australia’s southern island, Tasmania, has two fibre optic connections to the mainland, but with only one carrying consumer and business traffic, and the other apparently laying idle. With major ISP, Internode, ceasing the sign-up of new ADSL2+ consumer customers, is the Apple isle suffering affordable Internet denial?
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NSW says bye-bye to free Wi-Fi
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-01 21:46:32
In the biggest non-surprise of 2008, the Government of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, has backpedalled on an election promise that would have seen CBDs of major cities in the state, including Sydney, receive free Wi-Fi.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-01 21:46:32
In the biggest non-surprise of 2008, the Government of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, has backpedalled on an election promise that would have seen CBDs of major cities in the state, including Sydney, receive free Wi-Fi.
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Australian Liberal Party outraged over Government comms fund ‘raid’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-01 08:54:02
Bruce Billson, the Federal Opposition spokesman for Communications, is outraged that the Labor Party wants to use the existing AUD $2 billion Communications Fund for anything at all, aside from letting it generate around $100m in interest per year.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-01 08:54:02
Bruce Billson, the Federal Opposition spokesman for Communications, is outraged that the Labor Party wants to use the existing AUD $2 billion Communications Fund for anything at all, aside from letting it generate around $100m in interest per year.
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CDMA network gets cu... beep beep beep
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 08:23:46
Cut. Chopped. Closed. Finito. Over and out. Lights off. KO’d. Goodbye and good luck, oh CDMA network, may you forever rest in peace, as your equipment is taken away in pieces.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 08:23:46
Cut. Chopped. Closed. Finito. Over and out. Lights off. KO’d. Goodbye and good luck, oh CDMA network, may you forever rest in peace, as your equipment is taken away in pieces.
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CDMA network gets the chop – at midnight
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 17:47:11
Hear ye, hear ye: all those with a CDMA mobile still connected, make your last calls, your last calls. Today’s the day, tonight’s the night, the CDMA network will switch out its light.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 17:47:11
Hear ye, hear ye: all those with a CDMA mobile still connected, make your last calls, your last calls. Today’s the day, tonight’s the night, the CDMA network will switch out its light.
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Liberal Party Senator blames Labor Gov’t for losing Telstra CDMA leverage
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 07:27:50
How quickly will Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, act to fix remaining CDMA blackspots now that CDMA network has been given the green light to shut down on Monday April 28? A Liberal Party Senator says the Federal Labor Government has lost its powerful leverage – but is this true?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 07:27:50
How quickly will Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, act to fix remaining CDMA blackspots now that CDMA network has been given the green light to shut down on Monday April 28? A Liberal Party Senator says the Federal Labor Government has lost its powerful leverage – but is this true?
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