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  • Telstra: No longer your last resort?

    Telstra may no longer be the average Aussie's last resort for communications -- the government has announced that it is looking into the telco's Universal Service Obligation (USO), and it could be ripe for change.

  • Businesses boosting anti-P2P software

    Reid Burch, network services manager for the Promina Southern Regional Health System hospital near Atlanta, was having a problem with slow networks early this year.

  • Govt frees new telcos from universal guarantee shackles

    New entrants to the fixed phone market in a particular location will not have to fulfil the obligations set out in the Customer Service Guarantee, under new regulatory changes announced by the government.

  • Government tightens service screws on Telstra

    Telstra customers are kicking off 2003 with additional government protection for their service levels, as the carrier faces fines of up to $AU10 million if it breaches a new reliability framework.

  • Alston dangles another telco carrot for bush users

    The Federal Government has announced a swag of measures today that are designed to further its agenda on the full privatisation of Telstra.

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  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    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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