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    The chief of Australia's competition regulator last night said it was too soon to know what sort of issues would arise if the National Broadband Network Company became another government-owned monopoly telco player in the style of Telstra.

  • Diligence, coordination and tech key to compliance: Fels

    An increasingly demanding legislative environment and chronic under-training of staff are threatening even the most well-meaning companies' plans to meet compliance requirements, Professor Allan Fels has warned today upon the release of a new white paper he authored on the topic.

  • Optus could suffer if Telstra made to sell Foxtel stake: Coonan

    Telstra's main competitor Optus could suffer if Telstra was made to sell its shareholding in pay TV group Foxtel, Communications Minister Helen Coonan said today.

  • Telstra rejects calls for it to sell stake in Foxtel

    Telstra today rejected calls by the OECD for it to sell its shareholding in pay TV group Foxtel because it was hindering competition. A major report by the OECD released today criticised Telstra for owning a 50 per cent stake in Foxtel as well as its cable TV distribution network, saying it had virtually put the lid on competition in the sector.

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    The mail-out of 500,000 advertisements by Domain Names Australia (DNA) was the biggest issue in the domain name market to affect consumers in 2003.

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    Has Conroy got the numbers for reforms?

    Getting Senator Stephen Conroy's regulatory reform for the telecommunications industry through the parliament would need support from the Senate. On Twisted Wire we ring around to see which parties are supportive and which are against.

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