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Paul Swain - a well deserved honour
Posted Wed 31 December 2008 @ 9:03 p.m. by Ernie Newman
It made my new year's eve to see that Paul Swain, former Minister of Communications, has scored a QSM in the New Year Honours.Politics aside, most people agree that telecommunications was one element of the economy that the previous government handled with great distinction. A lot of the kudos has gone to the more... >> more
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Another Telecom outage!
Posted Wed 17 December 2008 @ 8:46 a.m. by Ernie Newman
Doug Wilson, CIO of the Automobile Association and TUANZ Board member, writes in frustration as follows:"Telecom had another brief outage yesterday around lunchtime. We and I presume others lost phones for three minutes – I know that doesn’t sound long but we run an emergency service - and we have bought every service that... >> more
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Conroy's sword drops on Telstra
Posted Tue 16 December 2008 @ 2:41 a.m. by Ernie Newman
In a day of drama reminiscent of New Zealand's "Telecommunications Mayday" of 3 May 2006, Aussie Minister Stephen Conroy has booted Telstra out of contention for the building of Australia's National Broadband Network. Telstra had failed to comply with the RFP conditions in respect of SME participation. The Australian reports... >> more
Categories: Fixed line carriers | Innovation | ISPs | Regulatory | TUANZ policy | Wireless carriers