For all its publicised benefits, why is iTV still having such a hard time making it in Australia?
Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.
Telstra has withdrawn its appeal against a Court ruling which found that it engaged in "misleading" and "illegal" conduct in its Next G advertising, following a decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which disputed claims about the coverage of the network.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today said it had not initiated a formal review into auction giant eBay's move to force sellers to offer PayPal as a payment method, despite complaints from a group which claims to be composed of disgruntled sellers.
Given how long the Australian telecommunications industry has been talking about fibre rollouts, it's likely a lot of people are thinking along the lines of Elvis Presley's classic song "A little less conversation".
Are Australia's telcos a pack of fibbers or are they just bending the truth?
Telstra's proposal to charge its telco customers across Australia AU$30 per month for access to its unconditioned local loop service (ULLS) is set to be rejected by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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.
Australians have a right to know exactly what the G9 is planning.
As Christmas roars in upon us and the Rudds, Trujillos, and Conroys of the world hang their Christmas stockings, everybody is casting an eye to 2008 and the changes it will bring.
Australian telecoms is increasingly resembling the US during Prohibition, with Telstra as Al Capone and the ACCC as Eliot Ness.
Some suggestions of New Year's Resolutions for the Australian telecommunications industry.
Government departments have shed their initial reluctance to use open source technologies, but the problem persists -- how do you determine appropriate usage?
For all its publicised benefits, why is iTV still having such a hard time making it in Australia?
Competition should drive more affordable products and services unless you're Telstra where "the only way is up" seems to be its motto.
Customers and government bodies should focus on products with open standards and realise the pitfalls of open source, argues Scott Petty, Dimension Data Australia COO.
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