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    According to AAPT chief Paul Broad, it was a "breath of fresh air" negotiating a new $500 million a year telco-wide supply deal announced today with post-Trujillo Telstra.

  • Video: ACCC telco chief Michael Cosgrave

    As the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's telecommunications chief, Michael Cosgrave wields a hefty punch in the national broadband network debate. He talked exclusively with ZDNet.com.au on regulation in this time of change.

  • Telstra talks broadband regulation, Libs let fly

    It's not at all quiet on the fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network front, as telcos lodge their submissions on regulatory issues for the AU$4.7 billion national broadband network (NBN) and the Liberal party throws a spanner in the works by starting an inquiry into the government's handling of the network tender.

  • Public to get say on Telstra's fibre plans

    No conclusion has been reached yet in talks between the nation's competition regulator and Telstra about the regulatory framework which would apply to the telco's planned AU$3 billion fibre to the node network, but public consultation on the issue is planned for later this year.

  • AU$75 million contract bundle one short for ASG

    Systems integrator ASG Group has announced that it has won AU$75 million in new services contracts over recent months, but its longstanding arrangement with the ACCC remains unresolved.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Could they all just kiss and make up already?

    Australian telecoms is increasingly resembling the US during Prohibition, with Telstra as Al Capone and the ACCC as Eliot Ness.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    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.

Features and Case Studies (2)

  • ATUG awards night: Party photos

    ACCC officials with glasses of wine, a golden medal for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and a few faux pas: the annual awards night of the Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) had it all.

  • Conroy on Minchin's 'Luddite' delays

    This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.

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