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  • Paul Swain - a well deserved honour

    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!

    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

    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

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