| Telstra not 100% happy with ACMA’s CDMA shutdown report |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Monday, 21 January 2008 | |
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Although tensions between the Federal Government and Telstra were old news, especially between the now departed Coalition Federal Government, all eyes have been on Telstra’s relationship with the new Labor Federal Government, especially after relatively close relations during the time when the Labor Government was in opposition. Telstra has shown no fear in suing the Federal Government when decisions haven’t gone its way, and with 2008 seeing the closure of CDMA and plenty of negotiations still due over Australia’s pending broadband Fibre network, and who will build it, the dance between Telstra and the Government will be as closely watched by the industry and telecommunications analysts as closely as dedicated fans watch the series finale of ‘Dancing with the Stars’. We discovered Telstra’s unhappiness with aspects of the ACMA report in Michael Sainsbury’s report for 'The Australian' called "Conroy orders delay on CDMA". In that report, Sainsbury quotes a rural and regional Next G user called Des Bennett of Nimbim, who was previously a CDMA user. Bennett was quoted as saying that: “It has been a disaster, I shifted on November 11. I am running a business on the phone, I have lost thousands of dollars. The tower is right up on the hill behind me and it doesn't work. It's shit. The handset is the most expensive they have.” Without knowing the details of precisely which Next G handset Bennett is using, and what actions he has undertaken to get the coverage rectified with Telstra, it’s hard to know whether Bennett’s coverage issues are handset related or not, although Telstra’s most highly recommended phone, the Telstra-branded ZTE F165 ‘Country Phone’ was released on the 1st of November, 2007. So, what is Telstra’s problem with the ACMA report covering Next G and CDMA coverage, and what should existing CDMA users who are yet to switch to Next G do, before permanently switching over and losing CDMA coverage before the cut-off date? Please read onto page 2... |
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