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  • Conroy on Minchin's 'Luddite' delays

    This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.

  • Allphones faces ACCC-led class action

    Mobile retailer Allphones faces a class action lawsuit from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission which will argue on behalf of 74 franchisees that the retailer engaged in unconscionable conduct.

  • Telstra to plead guilty on access dispute

    Telstra is expected to plead guilty today to breaching its obligations to provide competitors access to its copper network.

  • Netspace launches 10 Tassie DSLAMs

    Internet service provider Netspace today announced the activation of 10 DSLAMs (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) in Tasmania.

  • Telstra access price hike thwarted

    Telstra's legal challenge to the prices set by the Australian competition watchdog of access to its copper network was last Friday rejected in the Federal Court.

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    iPhone suckers test our patience

    So how many of you have bought a 3G iPhone? Do you feel like a sucker? If you don't, maybe you will once your first bill arrives.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Google: G'arn, I'll swap ya privacy for security

    Would you be happier that Google collects data about your Internet history if you knew their log data was used to fight some seriously nasty worms?

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Network sharing is caring

    Tis the season to be jolly, to give, to receive, to have a sherry or two and fall asleep in front of the telly. And, if you're a mobile network operator, it's definitely the season to share.

Features and Case Studies (28)

  • Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley

    Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.

  • Conroy on Minchin's 'Luddite' delays

    This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.

  • Time for a regulation rethink

    Loosening the regulatory controls on Telstra might actually make it easier to attract customers away from its copper network and onto the new and shiny National Broadband Network.

  • 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.

  • How AUSTRAC avoided a BlackBerry jam

    A government e-mail systems lockdown has kept popular BlackBerry handhelds off-limits at many Australian government departments, but a simple fix has changed that.

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  • The Google gods

    Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?

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