It is the sort of survey that drives people crazy and it will probably make Nick Minchin break out in a rash, but Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has been named as one of the global telecom sector's Top 100 most influential people.
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The Tasmanian Government is planning a business roadshow across the US selling the relationship between its renewable energy capability and fibre connectivity to ICT multinationals looking for data centre locations for the region.
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The ITU has given its stamp of approval to an energy-efficient one-size-fits-all new mobile phone charger.
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Optus has launched a number of new contract wireless broadband plans that offer almost twice the data quota of current plans, but for the first year only.
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Victorian power company, SP AusNet, has chosen Motorola Home & Networks Mobility business' mobile broadband technology to power what, according to Motorola, will be the world's first WiMAX-based smart metering network, using Unwired's spectrum.
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is to revamp its internal structure to give a sharper focus on issues thrown up by the National Broadband Network and the transition to digital TV and radio; and "to give appropriate new weighting to the role of...individuals as citizens, as consumers and as audiences for content."
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Communications provider TransACT will upgrade its system to deliver IPTV to customers. The company's fibre network covers Canberra and Queanbeyan.
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Another day, another insult. That's life in the capital city for Australia's Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy.
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The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL), which is developing a widget specification in future mobile handsets has announced support from LG Electronics (LG), Research In Motion (RIM) and Samsung Electronics Co.
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Stephen Conroy, Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has branded his Opposition counterpart "a complete Luddite." The Opposition continues to delay telecommunications reform legislation.
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Opposition plans to delay the passage of the telco regulatory reform package would be disastrous for the Australian economy and for consumers, and Malcolm Turnbull should assert his leadership on the issue, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said.
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According to market research firm, Infonetics Research, the image of Chinese telecoms vendor, Huawei in the eyes of major service providers has "really improved."
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The New Zealand Government has kicked off the partner selection process for its $NZ1.5 billion ultra-fast broadband network initiative with the release of an invitation to participate in the provision of partially Government funded FTTP networks that will serve around 75 percent of the population.
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ICT systems integrator Integ has expanded the range of hosted communications services offered under its iTaaS brand from IP centrex to audio, web and video conferencing with the launch of iTaaS Conference Centre.
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Cisco has kicked off its new borderless networks architecture with announcement of the second generation of the four year old Integrated Services Router - one of the most successful products in the company's history.
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Industry groups have attacked Coalition plans to delay regulatory reform legislation for the communications sector as ludicrous and damaging, and have accused the Nationals of selling out the interests of regional Australians.
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