items tagged with Telecoms regulation
Anger remains over Telstra’s impending CDMA closure
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-26 04:41:11
Monday the 28th of April is D-Day for the CDMA network, and while there’s no stopping the closure now, last minute frustrations are being shared with media outlets across Australia. Whether CDMA users like it or not, they’ve got no choice but to switch to Next G – or give up on mobile telephony.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-26 04:41:11
Monday the 28th of April is D-Day for the CDMA network, and while there’s no stopping the closure now, last minute frustrations are being shared with media outlets across Australia. Whether CDMA users like it or not, they’ve got no choice but to switch to Next G – or give up on mobile telephony.
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Telstra pleads with CDMA customers to ‘migrate this weekend’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-24 01:14:41
Telstra has advised its shops and dealers across Australia to prepare “for a last minute rush this weekend” in anticipation of CDMA customers grabbing their “last chance” to move off the old CDMA network.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-24 01:14:41
Telstra has advised its shops and dealers across Australia to prepare “for a last minute rush this weekend” in anticipation of CDMA customers grabbing their “last chance” to move off the old CDMA network.
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CDMA/Next G coverage complaints to spike on Tuesday 29th April?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 22:55:37
With the Australian CDMA network due to close by midnight on Monday the 28th of April, concerns still swirl that the Next G network isn’t providing adequate coverage for soon to be ex-CDMA customers. What should affected users urgently do?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 22:55:37
With the Australian CDMA network due to close by midnight on Monday the 28th of April, concerns still swirl that the Next G network isn’t providing adequate coverage for soon to be ex-CDMA customers. What should affected users urgently do?
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CDMA hang up looms: Telstra advertising blitz starts Thursday
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 01:13:07
It’s ‘last call’ for the CDMA network, and Telstra wants to make sure no-one can claim they didn’t hear that CDMA will close shortly. Besides many calls, text messages and letters already sent to CDMA customers, a national newspaper advertising blitz will start tomorrow.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 01:13:07
It’s ‘last call’ for the CDMA network, and Telstra wants to make sure no-one can claim they didn’t hear that CDMA will close shortly. Besides many calls, text messages and letters already sent to CDMA customers, a national newspaper advertising blitz will start tomorrow.
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Telstra engineers gear up for CDMA close down
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-22 08:03:41
As the clock ticks ever closer to CDMA’s April 28th close down date, Telstra’s engineers stand ready and poised to co-ordinate a carefully planned, multi-stage process that will see CDMA bite the dust across our great Southern land.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-22 08:03:41
As the clock ticks ever closer to CDMA’s April 28th close down date, Telstra’s engineers stand ready and poised to co-ordinate a carefully planned, multi-stage process that will see CDMA bite the dust across our great Southern land.
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Telstra issues CDMA shutdown Q&A
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-04-19 02:11:56
With only a few days to go before Telstra shuts down the CDMA network permanently, it has issued a brief Q&A outlining what it believes are important final questions, while urging any remaining CDMA holdouts to move to Next G quickly.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-04-19 02:11:56
With only a few days to go before Telstra shuts down the CDMA network permanently, it has issued a brief Q&A outlining what it believes are important final questions, while urging any remaining CDMA holdouts to move to Next G quickly.
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ACMA to crack down on VoIP services
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-04-16 05:07:05
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched a three pronged approach to ensure that all VoIP service providers in Australia's burgeoning VoIP industry are aware of and comply with all the applicable regulation.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-04-16 05:07:05
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched a three pronged approach to ensure that all VoIP service providers in Australia's burgeoning VoIP industry are aware of and comply with all the applicable regulation.
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Telstra gets ‘ok’ to Close Down ‘CDMA’ Mobile Architecture
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-04-15 00:33:50
CDMA... the cherished dear mobile architecture of rural and regional Australia is to be officially closed down come the 28th of April, 2008 – and boy, is Telstra happy!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-04-15 00:33:50
CDMA... the cherished dear mobile architecture of rural and regional Australia is to be officially closed down come the 28th of April, 2008 – and boy, is Telstra happy!
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Australia becoming a totalitarian state with email snooping to become the norm?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-13 21:27:32
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland wants to let employers snoop on employees emails – without the consent of workers – as an anti-terrorism measure. Where do we draw the line on privacy?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-13 21:27:32
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland wants to let employers snoop on employees emails – without the consent of workers – as an anti-terrorism measure. Where do we draw the line on privacy?
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The non-sniffable OPEL smell of WiMAX
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-07 20:51:26
As we all know, the Optus and Elders joint-venture called OPEL was felled by the Federal Government, not only seeking to save almost $1b but promote its own fibre network at the expense of next-gen WiMAX. What a shame.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-07 20:51:26
As we all know, the Optus and Elders joint-venture called OPEL was felled by the Federal Government, not only seeking to save almost $1b but promote its own fibre network at the expense of next-gen WiMAX. What a shame.
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Conroy to give telecom consumers more power UPDATED
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-11 23:41:58
Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has called for greater consumer involvement in both the development of telecommunications policy and in industry self-regulation, and has accused the industry of tardiness in developing consumer protection codes.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-11 23:41:58
Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has called for greater consumer involvement in both the development of telecommunications policy and in industry self-regulation, and has accused the industry of tardiness in developing consumer protection codes.
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When in roam...charge fair prices says ATUG
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-11 21:57:04
The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (Atug) has announced the key issue on which it intends to focus in 2008: "the exorbitant prices consumers and businesses face for using mobile voice and internet services while overseas."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-11 21:57:04
The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (Atug) has announced the key issue on which it intends to focus in 2008: "the exorbitant prices consumers and businesses face for using mobile voice and internet services while overseas."
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Conroy names expert panel for fast-track FTTN network
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-11 00:39:37
Australian Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has named six experts to assist in drawing up an RFP for its $4.7b next generation network and to assist in evaluating RFPs.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-11 00:39:37
Australian Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has named six experts to assist in drawing up an RFP for its $4.7b next generation network and to assist in evaluating RFPs.
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Access regime "incapable" of dealing with the future fibre network
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-06 16:16:52
As the government prepares to spend $4.7b on a fibre to the node network and struggles with developing a suitable access regime, a PhD thesis by former Telstra executive, Ross Kelso , argues that the access regime is incapable of dealing with such a network.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-06 16:16:52
As the government prepares to spend $4.7b on a fibre to the node network and struggles with developing a suitable access regime, a PhD thesis by former Telstra executive, Ross Kelso , argues that the access regime is incapable of dealing with such a network.
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Outraged Telstra says court loss threatens future broadband investment
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-06 00:38:39
The High Court of Australia has ruled against Telstra’s assertions that allowing competitors inexpensive access to Telstra’s network sees those competitors unfairly acquiring Telstra’s assets without just compensation – and Telstra is not happy!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-06 00:38:39
The High Court of Australia has ruled against Telstra’s assertions that allowing competitors inexpensive access to Telstra’s network sees those competitors unfairly acquiring Telstra’s assets without just compensation – and Telstra is not happy!
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Gotalk threatens PSTN with ‘unbeatable triple the difference’ deal?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-03-03 00:20:01
Naked DSL, VoIP and phone card provider Gotalk has promised to ‘spark a major controversy in the Australian telco market’ with a challenge ‘it believes no competitor will be able to beat’. Deal or no deal?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-03-03 00:20:01
Naked DSL, VoIP and phone card provider Gotalk has promised to ‘spark a major controversy in the Australian telco market’ with a challenge ‘it believes no competitor will be able to beat’. Deal or no deal?
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Telecom NZ's operational separation plan knocked back
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-02 23:11:03
New Zealand's communications minister, David Cunliffe has rejected the operational separation regime proposed by Telecom New Zealand.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-02 23:11:03
New Zealand's communications minister, David Cunliffe has rejected the operational separation regime proposed by Telecom New Zealand.
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Shocked Telstra labels Conroy "unprecedented" demand as risk to national security
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-02-28 23:07:19
A clearly shaken Telstra has described a demand by the Australian Labor Government to reveal details of its entire network to competitors as unprecedented and a possible risk to national security.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-02-28 23:07:19
A clearly shaken Telstra has described a demand by the Australian Labor Government to reveal details of its entire network to competitors as unprecedented and a possible risk to national security.
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All options on the table in UK broadband policy review
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-02-28 05:54:50
The UK Government has just announced a review of broadband policy. The reasons given will be familiar to anyone in Australia who has been following the tortuous path of broadband policy development in this country for the past several years. But the approach is very different.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-02-28 05:54:50
The UK Government has just announced a review of broadband policy. The reasons given will be familiar to anyone in Australia who has been following the tortuous path of broadband policy development in this country for the past several years. But the approach is very different.
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No iPhone in Australia because Apple afraid of local competition laws?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-25 22:25:12
Apple was forced to offer an ‘unlocked’ iPhone in France, and if an Australian law researcher is correct, the same situation could occur in Australia. Is this the reason why there’s been no Australian iPhone as yet?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-25 22:25:12
Apple was forced to offer an ‘unlocked’ iPhone in France, and if an Australian law researcher is correct, the same situation could occur in Australia. Is this the reason why there’s been no Australian iPhone as yet?
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