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News (209)

• Telstra creating uncertainty, says ACCC

  Telstra's campaign against regulation has created uncertainty for its competitors, the competition regulator said yesterday.

• Telcos fuming over Telstra access win

  The Australian Competition Tribunal's (ACT) decision to wind back regulated access to Telstra's wholesale network has outraged the telecommunications sector.

• Hutch shareholders vote yes to merger

  Hutchison's shareholders have agreed to the company's plan to merge with Vodafone's Australian operations.

• ATUG concerned about Voda/Hutch merger

  The Australian Telecommunications User Group has voiced concerns to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that the proposed Vodafone-Hutchison merger would reduce competitive pressure.

• ACCC selects a CIO

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appointed a new chief information officer, who has been in place since mid January.

Blogs (13)

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  Samuel's battle with the phone cards

  Telephone call cards how dodgy are they, despite recent court actions by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission?

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  Broadband hearing unplugged (day 1)

  Earlier this week (Tuesday 3 March) a number of telecommunications industry heavyweights fronted up to the Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network.

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  The longest last mile

  How much should Telstra be charging for unconditioned local loop?

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  iPhone suckers test our patience

  So how many of you have bought a 3G iPhone? Do you feel like a sucker? If you don't, maybe you will once your first bill arrives.

• Senate Select finds Tassie is in the dark

  Next month the Senate Select Committee on the NBN will table its final report. It will reflect the views of 100 or so submitted documents and a series of public hearings.

Features and Case Studies (21)

• Sue Trujillo

  The story of how Telstra lost its network is one of hubris and bungling, of misreading the play in Australia by men from the US who thought they knew everything already. Shareholders should never forget this.

• Competition reality a sly fiction

  Like Rudd, the ingrained cynicism and frustration at things not going to plan in Australia's telecommunications industry blinds ACCC chair Graeme Samuel to the possibility that he is part of the problem.

• Telstra lost in the wasteland

  From dead parrots to ACCC lawsuits, the National Broadband Network and Fake Stephen Conroy, it's like Telstra is lost in T.S. Eliot's epic poem The Wasteland.

• Telstra's artful fawning

  Reading Telstra's submission to the government on NBN regulation is a bit like reading a combination of Dicken's David Copperfield, specifically the simpering character known as Uriah Heep, and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

• Time for a regulation rethink

  Loosening the regulatory controls on Telstra might actually make it easier to attract customers away from its copper network and onto the new and shiny National Broadband Network.

Reviews (2)

• Banking on broadband

  Thousands of SMEs are expected to move to DSL broadband by the end of the year. ZDNet Australia examines the industry and shows how to navigate this competitive and confusing market.

• 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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