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  • G9 fibre group steps up lobbying

    A group of Telstra's major rivals known as the G9 have placed full-page advertisements in major newspapers in an effort to prevent a deal between Telstra and the federal government on a new national fibre broadband network.

  • Video: Coonan talks telco regulation

    Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan yesterday defended Australia's national telecommunications regulatory regime.

  • Western Australia looks to broadband funding

    The West Australian government is fielding strong interest from local parties after it asked for proposals to attract funding from the federal government's AU$1.1 billion Connect Australia broadband package.

  • ACCC frames telco regulatory reviews

    The national competition regulator today released a position paper detailing what it described as a "robust framework" for reviewing existing and guiding future telecommunications regulation of fixed network services.

  • Second-tier telcos enter regulatory debate

    Eleven of Australia's second-tier telcos and Internet service providers have banded together to plan a major statement in Canberra tomorrow on broadband and telecommunications regulation.

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  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    The hangover

    Your intrepid reporter sacrifices his personal life and credibility to go deep undercover and cover the annual dinner of the Service Providers' Association, Hunter S. Thompson style.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    What did the G9 leave out of its press release?

    Australians have a right to know exactly what the G9 is planning.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    The hangover

    It's no secret that shadow communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy didn't have a good day on Wednesday.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Helen Coonan's fact hunt

    In the broadband war, it seems, everyone has an opinion and those with a vested interest are playing fast and loose with the truth.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Could they all just kiss and make up already?

    Australian telecoms is increasingly resembling the US during Prohibition, with Telstra as Al Capone and the ACCC as Eliot Ness.

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