The real problem with BlackBerry is the cost.  Read More

On August 31 2012, Telstra will shut down its shared 2100Mhz 3G network. Read More

ACCAN has announced success in their Fair Calls For All campaign! Read More

The Shadow Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull has unleashed his latest diatribe against the NBN.  Read More

The big telco news of the week has been the purchase of Primus Telecom by the M2 Telecommunications, for $192.4 million.  Read More

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) looks set to reject the Communications Alliance’s Telecommunications Consumer Protection (TCP) code. Read More

There comes a moment in many business practices when something that lots of people were doing anyway becomes sufficiently widespread that it is suddenly christened. If that practice is particularly unremarkable, the choice for naming it is either to come up with something cool-sounding that will itself require explanation - I can recall my disappointment at discovering what 'negative-gearing' really meant - or to burden it with an acronym. The goal, in each case, is to pretend that a practice that has been going on for years is thrillingly new, and that it therefore deserves commentary, analysis, and strenuously-wrought policy.  Read More

The submarine cable that provides the main international data connection between Australia and Japan is set to double its capacity this year. Read More

A new report into the 'prudency' and 'efficiency' of the NBN's design and technology by UK-based ICT consultancy Analysys Mason has concluded that Australia's coming FTTP network satisfies all initial criteria, is adequately future proofed, and reflects best-practice. Read More

Outbound Calls to 13 Numbers are among the biggest hidden costs on your fixed line phone bill, and are all the more insidious for being hidden in plain view.  Read More