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  • Stories that shaped 2006

    Acquisitions and mergers by the industry's US powerbrokers continued at pace throughout 2006, but locally, offshoring and fibre-optic broadband networks provided the biggest talking points.

  • 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.

  • Fels praises Democrats over software import law

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has praised the Australian Democrats for their decision to support the Government's parallel imports of computer software.

  • Telco leaders slam "open slather" regime

    Leaders in telecommunications regulation and competition policy this week slammed the idea of open slather competition in rural areas replacing the Universal Service Obligation (USO) as "insane".

  • Aust broadband surges on competition intervention

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has moved to take partial credit for a surge in digital subscriber line (DSL) take-up which has seen the technology poised to surpass cable as the pre-eminent broadband medium

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