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News (272)

• New CEO to reverse Commander's fortunes?

  After a difficult 12 months in which its share price has plummeted from over AU$2 to under AU$0.50, telco Commander has appointed a new managing director.

• Telstra's John Rolland hangs gloves

  John Rolland, a key member of David Moffat's group and a driver behind Telstra's ISP BigPond since the 1990s has ended his 15-year stint with Telstra.

• Commander orders middle management cull

  Troubled telco Commander has cut 600 staff and aims to slash its operational costs as part of its turnaround plan released yesterday by new CEO Amanda Lacaze, after events late last year almost saw the company collapse.

• Commander's lawyers let slip interested buyers

  In a month that has seen Commander fending off rumours of a sale, its lawyers Freehills have accidentally revealed a list of potential buyers.

• Will software set the mobile phone free?

  Open source software will mean the end of proprietary phone and software bundles, and create universal compatibility and lower the cost of handsets within three years, according to analyst firm S2 Intelligence.

Blogs (13)

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  World Cup fever hits the telco sector

  It appears that employees of Australian telcos are not immune to the sweet, sweet lure of staying up till after midnight watching the soccer.

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  Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?

  In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.

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  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.

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  WiMax in Australia: Part two

  WiMax could be the standard that drives the next phase of mobile broadband, it provides an opportunity for players wanting to establish a pure IP network to carry voice and data effectively but is this what operators want?

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  Et tu, Internode?

  Is Hackett the Saruman the once-good wizard who is seduced by the dark powers of Sauron of my recent Lord of the Rings scenario? Is something rotten in Renmark and elsewhere?

Features and Case Studies (37)

• Optus targets business market with new VoIP offering

  Optus released a new VoIP package yesterday, designed to appeal to the small to medium business market in Australia.

• Fostering a better Kaz future with Fujitsu

  For the first time, Kaz chief Mike Foster tells the full story about how the Peter Kazacos' baby was treated within Telstra, and how the deal with Fujitsu went down.

• Telstra stalwarts to lead NBN Co

  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.

• Looking beneath the net neutrality surface

  IBRS advisor Guy Cranswick argues that the use of net neutrality is an aggressive manoeuvre to retain market share and withhold change in the telecommunications market.

• Mike Quigley: The background check

  Father, brother, cancer survivor, highly intelligent engineer and leader of the "Australian mafia" group of executives who battled their way to the top of global telco supplier Alcatel-Lucent. We present Mike Quigley, executive chairman of the National Broadband Network Company.

Reviews (6)

• Australian telcos sign MMS interconnect deal

  Optus and Vodafone have signed an agreement allowing their customers to send multimedia messages between the two networks from next week.

• Telstra pledges better bush telecommunications

  Telstra Country Wide has announced a AU$231 million investment in 2003/04 to improve services to regional areas.

• Vodafone and Telstra in rural partnering trial

  Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale will conduct a network partnering trial which will see the two telcos share mobile base stations in central regional Victoria.

• UPDATE: Qld government muscles carriers into better coverage

  The Queensland government has used its buying power to increase mobile coverage within the state, after it "got tired of waiting for the federal government to do something".

• Australia's MNP a AU$50 million failure: Vodafone

  Vodafone Australia's managing director has savaged mobile number portability as a regulator-driven failure that cost his company AU$50 million.

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