Australia's competition watchdog says Telstra has nothing to fear from new pro-competition regulations.
Communications Minister Helen Coonan said the federal government won't relax regulations on Telstra just because it has proposed an AU$5 billion hi-tech communications network for the bush.
Sharman Networks has appealed a Federal Court decision not to set aside civil search orders; Telstra has met an ACCC deadline to submit information on its broadband price cuts
Telstra today advised the market of a preliminary ruling by the competition watchdog that a single third party broadband provider can pay less for access to its equipment than the industrywide price listed by the telco in its earnings forecasts.
Telstra executives have emphatically ruled out slashing the price of BigPond broadband Internet services as a way of stimulating takeup.
The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.
Although 3G phones have been around for years, it appears the iPhone 3G has successfully rewritten the rules of competition in Australia's mobile sector whetting the nation's appetite for data.
As Christmas roars in upon us and the Rudds, Trujillos, and Conroys of the world hang their Christmas stockings, everybody is casting an eye to 2008 and the changes it will bring.
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 ...
After the government threw its hat in the ring over WiMax, friends and foes of the technology have been frothing at the mouth to deliver a natty sound bite on why the standard is the wireless equivalent of a cold sore or the saviour of all things broadband. Vodafone has now announced it's sleeping with enemy and joining the WiMax Forum. Who's the winner here?
Will Suncorp chief information officer Jeff Smith stick around if the bank's rapid decline in value due to the credit crisis lead to a fire sale of several of its key divisions?
The thriving community of Internet users that are opting for a 'Second Life' in virtual worlds are a tempting market for advertising. But is a virtual presence a viable option for big business?
Is this a marriage made in heaven? The federal government and shareholders at Australia's largest carrier certainly hope so.
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.
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ACCC telecommunications GM Michael Cosgrave talks about the recording rule the ACCC slammed on Telstra.
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Hutchison has the only 'true 3G' network available in Australia, which they have imaginatively named '3'. Every phone company -- including Hutchison -- are adamant that people don't want to buy technology, but services. So we've put 3 through its paces.
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As a tool for the e-mail-centric, the BlackBerry wins plenty of praise on its own merits and the addition of wireless modem functionality further sweetens the deal.
Legal music downloads in Australia are expensive, files are restrictive, catalogues are small and music lovers are better off finding their favourite bands in a record store.
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