Report Highlights International Mobile Roaming Concerns

21 August 2008

International mobile roaming charges are excessively high for Australians. This is one of the findings of a KPMG report, commissioned by the Australian Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, highlighted concerns about excessive international mobile roaming charges.

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Australian Users Group Submits Recommendation for NBN

26 June 2008

The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) has lodged a submission to the Australian Government on the regulatory issues associated with the National Broadband Network.

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Australian Government Publishes RFP for National Broadband Network

12 June 2008

The Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Mr. Stephen Conroy, yesterday announced the release of the Request for Proposals (RFP) to roll-out and operate a National Broadband Network.

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Functional Separation in Telecoms – Panacea or Plague, Report

8 April 2008

European telecoms market research company IDATE published a study about functional separation involving a review of the existing examples in the UK and Australia and the (several) projects under consideration in New Zealand, Italy and Sweden. The paper also assesses the initial impact on the functional separation case in the UK – which has been operational for 2 years – and includes a comparison with the lessons learned from older examples of functional and structural separation in other network industries.

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Source: IDATE


Australian Government Reveals Panel to Assess FttN Proposals

11 March 2008

In Australia, a new time line for an ambitious plan to develop a national fiber-to-the-node network, intended to reach 98 per cent of Australian homes, was outlined by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, who named an expert panel to advise the government on the network.

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