The deals between the NBN and Telstra and Optus lock in the NBN and make life immensely difficult for the Liberals in communications.
Telecommunications
NBN business case: curiouser and curiouser
If the government secures passage of its bill to separate Telstra, it will have achieved an historic telecommunications reform. Typically, everyone’s talking about something else.
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Which telcos are suing each other?
It’s a chummy industry, the telecommunications industry. And by chummy we mean everyone is busy suing everyone else, from arguments over 3G technology to who patented a meeting scheduler.
Birmingham: Death to Telstra’s Robocallers!
Reminiscent of First Dog on the Moon’s personal vendetta cartoon against Optus, John Birmingham has declared war on Telstra and its Robocallers. Ah, the advantages of having your own column.
Crikey Says: Conroy’s cyber-safety conundrum
Today, Stephen Conroy will finally announce the outcome of the Government’s prolonged deliberations over how to resolve its self-created dilemma over cyber-safety.
Hold the phoney: Telstra’s ‘customer’ unmasked
Megan Lane appeared on radio and TV yesterday as an angry Telstra customer as part of the company’s new “My Telstra Experience” campaign, but Crikey can reveal that Lane worked as a Telstra spin doctor until 2002, writes Andrew Crook.
Why AFACT v iiNet is important
iiNet is battling AFACT over illegal sharing of copyright films, tv and music via peer-to-peer networks, and the implications will be wide reaching. Who is responsible for the content of internet traffic?
Ping! sends a shake-up message to nervous telcos
An application released last week for Apple’s iPhone, which gives users the ability to circumvent the carriers to send SMSs, will be making our large phone companies a little bit nervous,
Conroy orders Telstra to do the splits
The government has again smashed Telstra’s monopolistic agenda with a raw display of executive power — announcing its intention to force the company to separate its wholesale and retail arms.
Telstra has to morph into a different kind of beast
The Rudd government’s legislation is the stark choice being offered Telstra: split your wholesale and retail operations or you don’t get any more wireless spectrum.
