Was 2007 a good year for Telstra? Possibly. Was it a good year for Telstra's lawyers? Definitely.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appointed a new chief information officer, who has been in place since mid January.
Hutchison Telecommunications Australia yesterday said it had so far "weathered the storm" of the economic downturn, and remained confident its merger with Vodafone Australia would go ahead.
The heated debate over who will build a countrywide fibre-to-the-node broadband network has been raging for some 18 months, with Telstra battling the ACCC, the government and the rival Optus-led G9 consortium. There are few signs the battle will end soon, but here is what has happened so far.
Australia's competition regulator late yesterday denied an application by Telstra to stop supplying Optus fixed line services within the SingTel subsidiary's cable network footprint.
Some suggestions of New Year's Resolutions for the Australian telecommunications industry.
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
Opinion: Conroy should end this futile tender process. Call Telstra's McGauchie and his executives in and read them the riot act. Appoint someone with appropriate credentials and resources not some panel to then negotiate a commercial deal on behalf of taxpayers.
While everyone was distracted by the NBN, a revolution was under way in the supply of fixed line broadband.
Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.
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