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  • Tanner: Telstra's Foxtel role "dreadful"

    Key cabinet ministers have given differing views on Telstra's ownership of Foxtel, as the government prepares to carve up the telco giant.

  • Govt to break up Telstra

    The Rudd government has given Telstra a dramatic ultimatum: structurally separate your operations and divest Foxtel, or we'll do it for you.

  • ACCC denies Telstra request to limit Optus

    Australia's competition regulator late yesterday denied an application by Telstra to stop supplying Optus fixed line services within the SingTel subsidiary's cable network footprint.

  • Foxtel hit with 'technical difficulties' after billing change

    Pay TV network Foxtel has left subscribers hanging on the telephone after it was hit by technical difficulties resulting from a migration to a new customer records keeping and access system.

  • VoIP scores with triple play

    The introduction of triple play strategies -- bundling of voice, broadband and pay television services -- is the key to VoIP growth in the Asia Pacific region, but will also reduce its importance as a selling point for telcos.

Blogs (8)

  • 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

    Is Conroy backpedalling on separation mandate?

    Now that Minister Stephen Conroy has played his hand regarding Telstra's separation, the hard part begins.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Seven vividly proves WiMax not dead yet

    It wasn't too long ago that critics of WiMax wireless technology were declaring it dead at the starting gate.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    What's behind Seven's Foxtel hunt?

    Seven has made no secret of its expansion ambitions, but buying into pay-TV monolith Foxtel lends even greater clarity to the network's long-term vision. With wireless distribution and solid content channels under its belt, can Seven bring IPTV into the mainstream?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Will the NBN kill digital TV as we know it?

    As the NBN bypasses the airwaves and offers a new pipe into 90 per cent of Australia's homes, could long-languishing IPTV services spell the beginning of the end for TV as we know it?

Features and Case Studies (9)

  • Hoffman is Conroy's tasty new media carrot

    Hoffman's position on the board will ensure that the National Broadband Network Company can engage with the content industry in a meaningful way.

  • Optus HFC sale could be NBN victory

    If the sale of the SingTel Optus HFC network to the National Broadband Network Company goes ahead, it could mark the first significant strategic victory by the company since it lost the cable wars a decade ago.

  • 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?

  • Around the world in ... Fibre-to-the-home

    If the world's homes are to enjoy the same high speed connectivity as its offices, the current thinking goes, then fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) will soon become necessary. However, not all Internet economies were created equal.

  • NEC goes for VoIP

    NEC's business-grade broadband wholesale division, NEXTEP, is tooling up its national network to provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, with a wireless offering also on the horizon.

Reviews (4)

  • Telstra pledges better bush telecommunications

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

  • Meet the Windows XPs

    Now there's a Microsoft's Windows XP flavour for every PC--standard desktops, tablet PCs, and Media Center desktops. We weigh in on their worth.

  • Australian ISP Shootout

    The Internet is in the process of taking over our lives, so if you aren't connected, maybe it is time you were.

  • The Future of TV Is Here

    In a relatively short time frame, you may be able to use your TV to rent software on demand, browse the Web hassle-free, and vote somebody off the island.

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