The federal government has invited the telecommunications industry to comment on ways the competition watchdog can more effectively act against anti-competitive conduct.
The Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) wants the new Labor government to confront Telstra over its monopolistic position in the telco market and introduce structural reform.
Ovum's David Kennedy says Australia can have a world-leading telecommunications regime if it wants one.
Broadband subscriptions in Australia grew by 109 percent for the 12 months ended March this year, according to a report by the federal government, which claims its telecommunications reforms have been a boon for the industry.
The nation's largest telcos, Telstra and Optus, have welcomed the Australian Labor Party's election promise to facilitate a new national fibre broadband network with up to AU$4.7 billion in funding, and key telecommunications reforms.
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.
I have never been to Sweden. In fact, I have no real, hard evidence that Sweden really exists as anything more than a collective, Utopian vision where things just work, and life is better.
Ovum's David Kennedy says Australia can have a world-leading telecommunications regime if it wants one.
US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
Yes, says iiNet, and the telco giant's price chains are keeping smaller players from venturing down the rural broadband route.
The Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston, outlines the Federal Government's ICT initiatives for 2003.
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