In a joint statement released this morning, telcos iiNet, Internode, Macquarie Telecom, Netspace, Optus, Primus, TransACT and VHA have voiced their support for legislation paving the way for the separation of larger competitor Telstra.
Sydney companies are taking precautions to ensure their datacentres are safe in the face of a massive dust storm that hit the city on Wednesday in the early hours.
The telecommunications industry seems to be wreathed in euphoric mist after today's announcement which looks to lead to Telstra's separation, but there are still voices of caution to be heard.
Telstra, Optus and other stakeholders agree that the Federal Government should allow the NBN Company to differentiate between its customers on price.
Communications systems integrator 3D Networks has lost its second chief executive in as many years, with Nick Avakian having left the company less than a year after taking its reins.
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.
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The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.
Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.
Let's not go back to the bad old days where telco and vendor incumbents were unchallenged.
Mike Quigley and Doug Campbell's long-standing relationships with Telstra and few of its rivals will lead Australia's telecommunications industry to question privately whether Telstra will receive a phenomenal level of access to the NBN decision-making processes.
ACCC officials with glasses of wine, a golden medal for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and a few faux pas: the annual awards night of the Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) had it all.
2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.
The obvious candidates for consolidation in Australia's telecommunications sector are the 170 internet service providers that are scratching to make a living, but others include Dodo, M8 Telecom, Macquarie Telecom and Eftel.
Telstra's Now We Are Talking resident cartoonist Mikko lampoons Terria's rapidly declining list of members.
Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.
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