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  • Optus could cut 400 jobs

    Optus could slash hundreds of jobs this week to counter the effects of a likely economic downturn.

  • Structural separation is cheaper way ahead for FTTN

    In a new report commissioned by Optus, analyst group CEG argues that structural separation of any future broadband network would be considerably cheaper to regulate than operational separation.

  • Union lashes Optus over outage conduct

    Optus has come under fire from Communication Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) officials for leaving customers without landline service during a power outage in Sydney's northwest last week.

  • Union seeks to delay Optus layoffs

    Union officials are seeking to postpone Optus's second sacking spree this week, following unsatisfactory disclosure of retrenchment criteria by the country's second largest telco.

  • Union moves in as Optus wields axe

    Union officials are desperately trying to arrange talks with Cable & Wireless Optus as layoffs look set to strike workers as soon as tomorrow.

Blogs (5)

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    NBN needs workers on board

    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Let's build our own damn NBN

    If there's fibre running to the node down my street by the end of 2009, I'll eat my own shoes with mustard sauce.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    The longest last mile

    How much should Telstra be charging for unconditioned local loop?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Note to Howard: Sometimes, you get what you asked for

    It's hardly news that Telstra's corporate philosophy has become one of incessant whinging and strongarming since CEO Sol Trujillo rolled into town, but over the past week the company took its rhetoric to another level ...

Features and Case Studies (5)

  • The war against VoIP: How long can the telcos fight?

    Voice over IP has reached some major milestones in 2008 in both the enterprise and consumer ends of the market but how long can traditional telcos continue to fight against this disruptive technology?

  • Are clueless politicians holding IT back?

    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

  • A united broadband front

    In the year leading up to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's $43 billion National Broadband Network decision, a group of chief executives was quietly working away at winning over important members of federal cabinet to the merits of a digital economy.

  • Telstra: What lies ahead

    Telstra is determined to create new sources of revenue by investing in new IP infrastructure and building managed offerings around the integration of infrastructure and services. This means turning the company into a new kind of business -- with major implications for the whole economy.

  • 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.

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