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  • ACA calls for mod-chip legalisation; copyright fair use

    The Australian Consumers Association today recommended legalising the use of mod-chips as it cautiously greeted a recent proposal to introduce a levy on digital recording media and devices.

  • Queensland Fair Trading on trail of dot-com veteran

    MyGrocer.com.au's office and customer lines were today out of service fair trading minister Margaret Keech today issued a strong warning not to deal with one of its key executives and dot-com veteran, Ross Whitehead.

  • ACCC denies Telstra request to limit Optus

    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.

  • Telstra deals ACCC final blow in competition fight

    A legal battle between the ACCC and Telstra has concluded today following a Federal Court ruling that a 2006 competition notice served by the watchdog is illegal.

  • 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.

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    The more things change...

    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.

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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.

Features and Case Studies (6)

  • Conroy charts national broadband agenda

    The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.

  • Australia: broadband backwater or trailblazer?

    Is Australia leading or lagging in the broadband stakes? Well, it depends on who you ask.

  • Phil Burgess' best quotes

    Telstra's bombastic public policy chief Phil Burgess has peppered the Australian public with vitriolic and memorable quotes since his ascension to the role in July 2005. From whether his mother should buy Telstra shares to Darryl Kerrigan in the castle, Dr Phil had it all. We've collated some of the best.

  • Australian customers meeting with Siebel over Oracle deal

    Australian customers were today digesting the implications of last night's widely-predicted AU$7.6 billion acquisition of customer relationship management vendor Siebel Systems by Oracle.

  • Replacing Telstra

    Competition should drive more affordable products and services unless you're Telstra where "the only way is up" seems to be its motto.

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Reviews (3)

  • ACCC tackles mobile telephone service pricing

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) plans to review the pricing of mobile phone services, with a view to updating regulations governing the area.

  • A tale of two networks

    In addition to which handset and which service provider to opt for, Australian consumers now have to chose which network to sign up to - GSM or CDMA. So, what are the differences between the two networks?

  • Do you copy? Over and out.

    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.

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