Archive for 'Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation'
ACMA moots tightening the rules covering VoIP phone numbers.
Published on December 20th, 2008.
If you live out the back of Wup-Wup and want a CBD phone number that's no problem with today's VoIP services but the ACMA says that geographic phone numbers should...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Telstra demands independent expert to assess wholesale cost models
Published on December 18th, 2008.
Telstra has called for the Australian Government to choose an independent expert to assess the wholesale telecommunications cost models of regulator the Australian Competition Consumer Commission as well...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Your chance to shape Australia’s digital future
Published on December 18th, 2008.
Australia's minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy, senator Stephen Conroy, has called for any interested Australians to help shape Australia's digital future, with the release of a...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Internet content filtering time for the great debate
Published on December 16th, 2008.
Filtering and censoring the Internet has never been more in the news in Australia, as our Government seriously contemplates the equivalent of a “Great Firewall” at each ISP. Although the...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
‘State of the Regions’ report bemoans state of broadband in Australia
Published on December 7th, 2008.
A war of words has erupted between the Australian Local Government Assocation (ALGA) and the Federal Opposition following release by ALGA of it annual economic snapshot of Australia's regions which...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Telemarketing: the $1.58 billion dollar time waster
Published on December 7th, 2008.
Telemarketing might be big business, but Australians hate it - not least because it's costing $A1.58 billion a year in wasted time.Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
CEDA says competition not NBN is key to broadband success
Published on December 3rd, 2008.
Leading economic think tank CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) has criticised the Federal Government's obsession with building the National Broadband Network, saying a subsidised $4.7 billion FTTN rollout...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Government gives new telecoms consumer body a $700k kick-start
Published on December 1st, 2008.
Communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy, has given a $700,000 foundation grant to the nascent peak body formed to represent consumer telecoms users, the Australian Communications Consumers Action Network (ACCAN).Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
GetUp goes after Conroy’s net filtering scheme
Published on November 26th, 2008.
Grass roots web-based advocacy organisation, GetUp, has launched a campaign against the Government's proposed Internet filtering scheme claiming it will slow the Internet by up to 87 percent.Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Minister welcomes NBN bids
Published on November 26th, 2008.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has welcomed the proposals to build the National Broadband Network (NBN) - one of the largest infrastructure investments undertaken by any Australian Government -...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
ISPs think Conroy is incompetent on Internet filtering: iiNet boss
Published on November 19th, 2008.
The managing director of Australia's third largest Internet service provider has let fly with another tirade against Australian Communications Minister, Senator Conroy, claiming that the ISP community are not impressed with him.Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Cost of calling mobile phones cited as further evidence of Telstra’s power
Published on November 13th, 2008.
Since 2004 the cost to telcos of delivering a call from your fixed line phone to a mobile number has reduced by about 12 cents per minute thanks to ACCC...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
New code to clobber mobile premium SMS scammers
Published on November 10th, 2008.
A new code of conduct for the provision of mobile premium services should make it much more difficult for unscrupulous operators to con consumers into signing up to subscription services...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
FCC frees up white spaces for wireless broadband
Published on November 4th, 2008.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to open the so called 'white spaces' in the TV spectrum for use by unlicensed devices for the delivery of wireless broadband...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
NZ telecoms users calls for government broadband leadership
Published on November 3rd, 2008.
On the eve of the country's general election, The Telecommunications Users Group of New Zealand (TUANZ) has followed up its March 2008 manifesto with an action plan calling on the...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Minister under fire: IT Professionals say net filtering won’t work
Published on October 27th, 2008.
The Rudd Government came to power last November with two major communications policy initiatives at the top of its agenda: the National Broadband Network and ISP-based Internet filtering. Both...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Telcos told to shape up as consumer complaints surge
Published on October 22nd, 2008.
Complaints to Australia's consumer telecommunications watchdog, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, have risen by a record amount to reach an all time high of almost 150,000 prompting a warning from the...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Aust Gov’t told to revamp rural communications policy
Published on October 14th, 2008.
In its first report the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC) has recommended major changes to government policy to improve communications services in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia.Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
Court throws out Telstra’s appeal against ACCC ruling
Published on September 22nd, 2008.
Telstra has failed in its attempt to have the Federal Court overturn three ACCC pricing decisions for its line sharing service - the price its competitors pay for access to...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.
ACCC thwarts Telstra’s ploy to force Optus onto HFC network for telephony
Published on September 22nd, 2008.
The ACCC has rejected a move by Telstra that would have denied Optus the ability to offer standard telephone services on the Telstra network in areas served by the Optus...Filled under Telecommunications - Policy & Regulation, latest news. No Comments.