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  • Pre-paid market drives AU mobile boom

    Australia's mobile telecommunications market grew by more than 12 per cent in 2002/03, driven by a continuing surge in pre-paid services.

  • Australian authorities poised to open up messaging services

    The Australian Communications Authority is looking at extending premium rate number services and allowing individuals to send and receive voice and data messages using non-mobile numbers, according to a discussion paper released yesterday.

  • Premium messaging sparks AU mobile commerce

    The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has announced plans to introduce a range of premium mobile messaging numbers, facilitating the introduction of mobile commerce to the consumer market.

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  • ACA calls for submissions on VoIP regulation

    The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has called for submissions to its review of telecommunications policies in relation to voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services today.

  • Govt frees new telcos from universal guarantee shackles

    New entrants to the fixed phone market in a particular location will not have to fulfil the obligations set out in the Customer Service Guarantee, under new regulatory changes announced by the government.

  • Telecoms competition: good, bad, or ugly?

    Have five years of full competition in Australia’s telecoms arena been a farce? The national incumbent, its challengers, corporate users and regulators air their views on the outcomes of deregulation.

  • Aust comms body slashes carrier licence fees

    The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) will drastically reduce carrier licence charges from 1 July, following a review of the price schedule showed the previous levies were well above cost recovery prices.

  • Potentially dangerous telco equipment rife: ACA

    Australia's telecommunications market is being flooded with equipment which does not meet technical standards, endangering consumers' lives and legal position, according to a paper released by the government regulator.

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    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

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  • Next up: Universal database on spammers

    Australia's peak Internet industry body has upped the ante against unsolicited bulk e-mail senders, a move sparked by lawsuits against spammers in the United States.

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