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Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 13 November 2008
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today issued a draft decision proposing to reject Telstra's Undertaking application for a $30... More
Posted by Professor Martin Cave, 4 September 2008
Professor Martin Cave says the plan for NBN regulation should take into account existing competitive infrastructure, specifically the Optus-owned HFC network... More
Posted by Dr Mark Jamison - University of Florida, 2 September 2008
Dr Mark Jamison says it is 'curious' to observe the passionate debate over the various forms of structural separation because the supporters of separation... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 August 2008
SingTel Optus must come clean on whether it has handed over its network information and stop misleading the public about the National Broadband Network... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 8 August 2008
In an interview with ABC radio on Thursday 7 August, Dr Phil Burgess, Telstra's GMD Public Policy & Communications, warned that continued delay on rolling... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 31 July 2008
Regulatory experts Professor George Yarrow and Dr Mark Jamison discuss how regulation could and should work to promote investment in new infrastructure... More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin - Public Affairs Manager, Regulatory and Legal, 25 June 2008
Our competitors in the bid to build a high-speed broadband network for all Australians are becoming experts in distortion, distraction and dishonesty when... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 24 June 2008
Telstra's Dr Phil Burgess has argued the assumption that Australia's infrastructure - highways, ports and railroads - is based on electric power and cheap... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 14 May 2008
Find out what major telecommunication items feature in the 2008-09 Federal Budget. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 April 2008
The ACCC has issued a draft decision to grant Telstra an exemption from regulation of two wholesale services in 229 metropolitan exchanges. Executive Director... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 April 2008
From yesterday’s landmark ACCC decision on wholesale line rental and local call resale regulatory exemptions, Grahame Lynch argues the onus is now on these... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 6 March 2008
Australians lost an opportunity to enjoy more broadband investment when the High Court today upheld a regulatory regime that rewards Telstra's competitors... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 26 February 2008
Communications Day publisher Grahame Lynch writes "I'm not fully sold on this week's substantive complaints about Telstra - Telstra's financial incentives... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 14 February 2008
It’s official. The ACCC doesn’t believe Optus’ fixed networks are up to par with Telstra’s – and apparently, Optus agrees. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 19 December 2007
11 September 2007 In what could be called little more than a "we'll-get-back-to-you" place-marker, Deutsche Telekom’s Asian office has... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 19 December 2007
Speeches and reports about the Telecoms industry regulation in Australia. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 December 2007
The ACCC has made a draft decision to reject a proposal by G9, the group of nine Telstra competitors, outlining their own proposed fibre network. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 December 2007
The Federal Court ruled today that a competition notice issued illegally by the ACCC 18 months ago should be quashed. The Court's decision again demonstrates... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 16 November 2007
The Australian newspaper reports that chairman of law firm Maurice Blackburn, Bernard Murphy, has ‘struck out at rival Slater & Gordon, saying the Telstra... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 16 November 2007
The High Court this week heard Telstra’s challenge to the validity of the Trade Practices Act as it applies to two Declared Services – the ULL Service... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 15 October 2007
There is now extensive infrastructure-based competition in 387 exchange service areas giving 5.6 million Australian homes and businesses access to alternative... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 28 September 2007
New research from Europe confirms that the type of pricing policy being pursued by the ACCC is robbing Australians of investment in new competitive broadband... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 4 September 2007
Telstra has released a second submission asking the ACCC to roll-back regulatory controls where there is demonstrable infrastructure-based competition. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 4 September 2007
Telstra strategic supplier Alcatel-Lucent has submitted a compelling report on the future implications of sub-loop unbundling for the modern market in... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 10 July 2007
The ACCC is again bending over backward to boost the SingTel Optus G9 gambit - proposing a change to the definition of a "local loop" to allow G9 to slice... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 9 July 2007
nowwearetalking's Political editor Jeremy Mitchell believes Australia hasn’t had very good telecommunications policy management over the past ten years.... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 4 July 2007
The ACCC Chairman Graeme Samuel this week admitted he'd been sidelined by the Government that appointed him to the job as Australia's chief competition... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 4 July 2007
Few people were surprised when talks over the proposed Fibre to the node (FTTN) network reached an impasse given the complex issues involved. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 19 June 2007
After nearly two years of Telstra having a high-speed broadband plan on the table, and calling for the Government to take a lead on the matter rather than... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 June 2007
As senior bureaucrats at the ACCC packed their bags for their Christmas holidays, they quietly slipped out a key Telstra network pricing decision that... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 4 June 2007
Telstra's $4.1billion high-speed broadband investment sits, and it is business as usual as the ACCC ruminates over works towards implementing the rival... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 1 June 2007
I emigrated to Australia just over two years ago from a so called 3rd world country South Africa, and will soon become a proud Australian citizen.... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 May 2007
The ACCC's sorry track record of failing to control soaring petrol prices looks set to continue with the Federal Court dismissing a case launched by the... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 May 2007
Federal Parliament has been told how Graeme Samuel's reign as ACCC Chairman has been marked by a blowout in spending on telecommunications regulation. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 25 May 2007
The ACCC Chairman gave up even pretending this week as he began marketing the SingTel G9 proposal and implementing the regulatory changes to help the SingTel... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 25 May 2007
Union leader Len Cooper says ACCC's move to break up Telstra's network and hand it over the SingTel G9 consortium would destroy a national asset. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 24 May 2007
The ACCC announced that in response to the so-called G9 group of carriers it will hold an enquiry into whether or not it should vary the ULL service description More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 May 2007
The recognised 'Olympic table'-equivalent for international broadband performance is compiled by the OECD. It says Australia has languished at 16th and... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 16 May 2007
Alan Jones says the ACCC is working against the consumer interest. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 10 May 2007
Telstra consultant Henry Ergas has revealed the ACCC Chairman has attempted to re-write history in a bid to explain how the regulator blocked Telstra's... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 2 May 2007
The Government says it understands the critical importance to Australia’s future of next generation broadband, but it needs to stand up to the ACCC Chairman,... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 26 April 2007
Telecoms expert Kevin Morgan explains how the ACCC has caused an investment drought in Australia and why changes are needed to help Telstra build a next-generation... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 April 2007
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission was recently found to have acted illegally in the way it has issued a Competition Notice alleging infringements... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 5 April 2007
The Federal Court has ruled the ACCC acted illegally in a case that left Telstra shareholders facing a liability of more than $1 billion. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 29 March 2007
There are few bargains in life these days but even the most battle-hardened Telstra-loathing access seeker would have to agree - $3.20 per month to use... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 29 March 2007
Alan Moran says businesses and consumers are paying the price for regulations out of control. Businesses constantly experience frustrations with government... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 20 March 2007
In years to come when history is written and people ask who was most to blame for holding Australia back at the turn of the 21st century, it will be hard... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 19 March 2007
Eleven months after issuing a competition notice accusing Telstra of anti-competitive pricing for wholesale line rental, the ACCC has finally conceded... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 6 March 2007
The ACCC has suffered a major embarrassment, admitting it has no evidence to back an allegation that Telstra had acted anti-competitively in raising wholesale... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 23 February 2007
This week we've exposed the SingTel Optus secret plan to seize control of Telstra's network - a plot hatched with the support of eight of Telstra's competitors,... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 February 2007
Taking a line out the SingTel Optus propaganda manual, Graeme Samuel has taken to referring to Telstra as a "monopolist". The ACCC chairman used the line... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 February 2007
Communications Minister Helen Coonan has a big task ahead of her over the next few months, deciding how to hand out $600 million dollars of money set aside... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 February 2007
ALMOST 20 months into the job as Telstra chief executive, Sol Trujillo can sense victory. The technology revolution he proposed for Telstra in 2005 had... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 9 February 2007
Jeff Whitton says it's time for the Federal Government to investigate and review the current regulations placed on Telstra by the ACCC. Telstra is being... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 24 January 2007
Telstra has asked the High Court to rule whether laws governing competition in the telecommunications industry comply with the Constitution. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 22 January 2007
It's amazing how far the ACCC will actually go in its quest to pretend "everything's okay" with the regulations that are stopping Australians getting access... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 22 December 2006
Mark Christensen says the ACCC needs to wake up to itself and recognise the need for Telstra to invest. In 2001, the free marketeers at the Productivity... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 18 December 2006
A lot has changed since 1997. There's more competition, lower prices, hundreds of new carriers and ISPs, the broadband revolution, 3G mobiles - these are... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 29 November 2006
Australia's Shadow Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is a new father and I’m sure that’s not the only major life change he would welcome... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 November 2006
"Welcome to warp speeds" screamed one headline on the day Telstra finally launched faster ADSL broadband across the country. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 10 November 2006
The Singapore Government enterprise never hesitates to stretch the truth in its never ending quest to keep piggybacking on Telstra shareholders investments... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 10 November 2006
The success of Telstra's Next G mobile network has resulted in a new push by competitors to be given a free ride at the expense of Telstra's shareholders. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 4 November 2006
Telstra's high profile communications and policy chief Dr Phil Burgess has accused the ACCC of being a "rogue regulator" for trying to undermine... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 1 November 2006
ACCC Chairman Graeme Samuel has indicated the regulator may be having second thoughts about its long-standing policy of allowing competitors to leach on... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 25 October 2006
Alan Moran examines the reasons why the ACCC needs to stop giving Telstra's investments away to competitors. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 25 October 2006
The ACCC’s latest decision prices ULL in a manner which, in my view, sends incorrect price signals and actually encourages DSLAM overbuild by Telstra’s... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 9 October 2006
The Federal Government has issued its prospectus for T3, with potential investors warned regulation is the most serious threat they will face. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 21 September 2006
In recent weeks, the ACCC has said it will reject not one but two of Telstra’s proposed wholesale prices.
First up, Telstra proposed to reduce... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 7 September 2006
New evidence show's Australia's 'stepping stone' telco policy can't deliver and is doing more harm than good. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 22 August 2006
According to consumer groups, the biggest issue for most families when their phone bill arrives is the price of fixed to mobile calls. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 16 August 2006
Telstra shareholders have every right to be concerned after the latest share price slump. The blame lies squarely with ACCC Chairman Graeme Samuel who... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 9 August 2006
Talks between Telstra and the ACCC to build a high speed new 'Fibre to the Node' (FTTN) network have ended after reaching an impasse over the level of... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 2 August 2006
The ACCC has announced even more regulations that will see Telstra shareholders subsidise competitors for three more years. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 24 July 2006
Singapore-owned company called a media conference to announce its latest plan to try and stop Telstra upgrading its networks so Australians could enjoy... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 July 2006
Our very own competition tsar Graeme Samuel may well go down in history as the man who changed the definition of the term "internet superhighway". More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 23 June 2006
The ACCC's annual survey of phone call prices shows a fall of 6.6 percent during the past financial year. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 22 June 2006
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is refusing to back away from its position that Telstra still needs to be treated as a monopoly... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 21 June 2006
More evidence is coming out about how Australia's telecommunications policies are transferring the wealth of Telstra's Australian shareholders to Singapore. More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 9 June 2006
In a week when Communications Minister Helen Coonan announced even more regulations on Telstra that don't apply to competitors, we found out what happens... More
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 12 May 2006
The ACCC is planning to extend its controls to cover wholesale line rental, despite increased infrastructure-based competition. More
Blog entries tagged with 'accc'
Posted by Rod Bruem, 20 October 2008
With the recent release of the Federal Government’s report into regional telecommunications, blogger Rod Bruem argues "just like a pair of elastic-sided... More
Posted by Rod Bruem, 5 September 2008
Blogger Rod Bruem says one of the great things about having experienced people from elsewhere come in to run an Australian company is that they bring in... More
Posted by Rod Bruem, 21 August 2008
Rod Bruem speaks for many of us in his latest blog when says it’s been a sad week for us at Telstra, with news of the departure of our much loved colleague... More
Posted by Rod Bruem, 1 August 2008
Blogger Rod Bruem says the Singapore Telecom board showed some considerable local knowledge when it appointed Michael Egan as the head of the "Terria... More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 25 July 2008
Blogger Rhonda Griffin argues the ACCC does so much more than simply “umpire”. As the ACCC becomes embroiled in policy, politics and PR, it has moved from... More
Posted by Rod Bruem, 25 July 2008
It's been a while between blogs, but blogger Rod Bruem is back - and he's not happy. Desite the rumours of a gag order by the Lundy/Forman legal team,... More
Posted by Rod Bruem, 9 May 2008
Blogger Rod Bruem says it is easy to see why Telstra's competitors would like to see the regulators focus more on the structural seperation of Telstra... More
Posted by Rod Bruem, 28 April 2008
Blogger Rod Bruem writes it is amusing to see how speculation about Telstra getting the go-ahead to build it has flushed some of the anti-Telstra raving... More
Posted by Craig Mulhearn, 25 March 2008
Blogger Craig Mulhearn highlights some quite incredible statements made recently by SingTel-Optus to the ACCC. More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 28 August 2007
Rhonda Griffin talks about Graeme Samuel’s media assault on Telstra’s Next G™, and argues that the advertising blitz had little to do with consumer welfare... More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 15 June 2007
Blogger Rhonda Griffin comments on Telstra's recent advertising campaign which exposes the G9's nasty little secrets. More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 18 April 2007
Rhonda discusses the media's response to the ACCC’s decision to issue a special access undertaking to Foxtel. More
Posted by Rhonda Griffin, 17 April 2007
In her second blog, Rhonda discusses the recent media coverage of Telstra's Federal Court win against the ACCC. More
Discussions tagged with 'accc'
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 20 March 2006
nowwearetalking discussion forum focused on broadband and regulation. Should the Australian Government be doing more to remove regulations that are preventing... More
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