Members of the Service Providers Association Inc (SPAN) on Wednesday voted to merge with the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) to form the Communications Alliance, a single peak body for Australia's comms industry.
The two peak industry bodies of the Australian telecommunications community are in the final stages of negotiating to merge.
Given how long the Australian telecommunications industry has been talking about fibre rollouts, it's likely a lot of people are thinking along the lines of Elvis Presley's classic song "A little less conversation".
A group of telcos led by local broadband evangelist Paul Budde is pushing ahead with plans to link its combined infrastructure to form a national network for the purposes of providing high-speed broadband to regional areas.
Fledgling telco group the Australian Voice over IP Association (AVOIPA) is being absorbed into the Australian Communications Industry Forum.
The federal government today confirmed plans to make only minor tweaks to telecomms regulations to accommodate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and forecast only low mass-market takeup of the next-generation telephony technology for the next two-three years.
In an exclusive interview, the Australian Communications Authority's retiring chairman Dr Bob Horton explains why consumer rights continue to lag. He touches on other topics including regulating mobile adult content.
A software fault that compromised users' ability to dial emergency numbers using a newly-released mobile telephone has prompted a major review of the standards phones are required to meet before being sold in Australia
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