Archive for 'Information technology news - Telecoms'
Telstra gives the nod to structural separation
Published on December 17th, 2009.
Telstra and the Australian Government have achieved a major breakthrough on the road to delivering a national broadband network by agreeing on the preferred model for the proposed transition.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Your do-not-call registration may expire soon
Published on November 22nd, 2009.
Contrary to popular belief, registrations onto the Australian Do Not Call list are not forever. Unless re-registered, phone numbers drop off the list after three years.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Mobile phone use approaching saturation in USA
Published on October 11th, 2009.
Recent data published by CTIA, the US-based Wireless telecommunications association shows the rate of grown in the wireless market is slowing to a virtual trickle.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Congressional support for AT&T complaint against Google Voice
Published on October 9th, 2009.
Twenty members of the U.S. Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, have asked the Federal Communications Commission to look into Google's blockage of Google Voice calls to certain exchanges. The request...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Transcript: Stephen Conroy’s opening address to media
Published on September 15th, 2009.
The following is a transcript of the opening address of Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy to a Media Conference at Parliament House, Canberra on...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Transcript: Media Conference Q&A with Stephen Conroy
Published on September 15th, 2009.
The following is a transcript of the questions and answers discussion conducted by Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy at Parliament House, Canberra on Tuesday September...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Telstra Tanks: Shareholders smell a Future Fund rat
Published on September 15th, 2009.
Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner has rejected suggestions that the sell-down of Telstra shares by the Future Fund three weeks ago was in anticipation of the government’s announcement today of telecommunications...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Govt opens door to NBN changes to avoid Senate showdown
Published on September 14th, 2009.
The Rudd Government has opened the door to Opposition amendments to its National Broadband Network legislation as both sides consider the headaches associated with a looming Senate stand-off.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
The future of T-Mobile looks Orange
Published on September 8th, 2009.
T-Mobile is one of the largest mobile network operators on the planet, and now it looks like getting a little bigger courtesy of France Telecom and Orange.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
You can help break GSM encryption
Published on September 1st, 2009.
There is a project underway to employ distributed computers to compute rainbow tables for GSM decryption. Download the code and join in, if you're interested!Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
The world now has 4 billion mobile phone users
Published on August 20th, 2009.
Two-thirds of the world’s population uses a mobile phone as global user numbers passed the four billion mark, with continued strong growth in newly industrialised countries – and demand for...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Former ALP staffer, lobbyist appointed to Tassie NBN Co
Published on August 13th, 2009.
One of the four directors appointed yesterday to the Tasmania NBN Company board is a registered Canberra lobbyist and former ALP staffer with links to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Fat but not obscene: NBN chiefs pay packet
Published on August 13th, 2009.
Kevin Rudd’s war on Fat Cat salaries has produced its first moderately overweight cat, with Government announcing a maximum salary of $1.95 million for new NBN Company chief executive Mike...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
NBN Tassie gets directors - None in Tasmania
Published on August 13th, 2009.
The Australian Government has appointed the first four Board directors to the Tasmania NBN Company joint venture with the Tasmania Government and Aurora Energy – with more to come as...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Patricia Scott exits department, NBN roles
Published on August 12th, 2009.
The long-serving communications department secretary Patricia Scott will leave the post shortly as part of a Rudd Government shake-up of the most senior ranks of public servants.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
What NBN? TransACT sticks to fibre plans
Published on August 12th, 2009.
The Capital Territory’s home-grown broadband infrastructure and service provider TranACT will seek opportunities to participate in the National Broadband Network build in and around the Canberra area. But the company...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
Two-year-old USO review lost inside NBN process
Published on August 12th, 2009.
The federal coalition has renewed its calls for clarity on the future of the Universal Service Obligation system, saying a Government review had become mired in the complexities and delays...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
NBN to boost healthcare ICT spend to $2.4 billion
Published on June 18th, 2009.
The National Broadband Network is set to give Australia's ICT sector a multi-billion dollar boost through the rollout and delivery of e-health services over the next three years.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
NBN critics ‘opportunistic’: Conroy
Published on May 20th, 2009.
Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has again slammed National Broadband Network (NBN) critics, accusing them of opportunistic misrepresentation when claiming that towns of under 1000 people will automatically miss out on...Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.
15,000 more jobs go at BT
Published on May 15th, 2009.
The worst is still not over for the telecoms industry as BT announces another round of swathing job cuts.Filled under Information technology news - Telecoms, latest news. No Comments.