ACCC gets tough on Telcos
This week in Innovationaus.com the reasons behind the ACCC's targeted action to ensure that the Telcos provide consumers with improved information is discussed. There is a considerable lag occurring between changes to consumer expectations and the rate at which the Telcos react and it is timely that the ACCC has stepped in.
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Microwave offers internet speed to high-density suburbs
This week in The Australian the growth of small companies providing broadband on the urban fringe is highlighted and the innovative use of low cost microwave links to overcome the lack of fixed infrastructure has provided many homes with high speed broadband.
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Wireless hope for locations outside NBN reach
New gigabit broadand point to point transmission operating in the free 38GHz spectrum band is now available and could provide an opportunity for NBN Co to connect hard to get to premises to the nearest node rather than to satellite. In The Australian the offering from Starry, a U.S. start-up, is discussed and how it will provide a flexible option for telcos.
Turnbull moves to undermine the ACCC
The Turnbull government has moved to undermine the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission at a time when monopoly infrastructure regulation is critical for the future of the Australian telecommunications industry and in Business Spectator Turnbull's effort to justify the move using yet another dodgy review is discussed.
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Broadband performance monitoring is good for Australia
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims has called for broadband performance monitoring and in Business Spectator what this would mean for the telecommunications industry is discussed including how the Telco industry is likely to fight a misguided war to stop what could only help improve consumer relations.
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Telco reform an attack on the ACCC
The Turnbull Government’s threatening stance towards the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is discussed in InnovationAus as the Government's efforts have been ramped up with the announcement that plans to repeal the telecommunications-specific anti-competitive conduct laws in Part XIB of the