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News Archive - December 2009
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31st December, 2009 The next 10 years in the telecommunications industry will be dominated by three little letters that promise to open the competitive landscape like never before.
Source: Australian IT - David Uren
30th December, 2009 Managers and professionals have prospered through the economic downturn while tradespeople, machine operators and clerical staff have been laid off.
Source: itnews.com.au - Ben Grubb
30th December, 2009 Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has denied that private tenders issued to build Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) were secured behind closed doors.
Source: The Australian - Jenny Dillon
30th December, 2009 New industrial laws come into full effect from Friday, with the minimum number of work entitlements set to double.
Source: ACTU
23rd December, 2009 Australia Post executives are causing disruption of Christmas postal services by stubbornly refusing to negotiate with employees.
Source: Australian IT - James Chessell
23rd December, 2009 Telstra has formally kicked off the public listing of its $US1 billion ($1.1bn)-plus Chinese real estate website Soufun.
Source: Australian IT
22nd December, 2009 The company charged with rolling out the national broadband network is to embark on a public consultation process with telcos and industry players.
Source: Australian IT
22nd December, 2009 Last-minute Christmas cards and parcels won't be delivered on time with postal workers set to walk off the job today.
Source: itnews.com.au - Ry Crozier
21st December, 2009 Telstra appears set to relinquish any last remaining civil engineering ambitions and quit its role as a wholesale network owner-operator in the NBN world.
Source: The Australian/AAP
18th December, 2009 Telstra's rivals are concerned the Rudd government may baulk at breaking up the telco giant and risk upsetting its 1.4 million shareholders in an election year.
Source: The Age
18th December, 2009 Telstra will post little to no sales growth in 2009-10 as the company faces headwinds including a higher local currency and stronger competition.
Source: zdnet.com.au - Liam Tung
18th December, 2009 The Government and Telstra have agreed on terms of engagement for the task of transferring Telstra's eight million customers to the NBN.
Source: ABC Online
18th December, 2009 The Government says Telstra and the NBN company have agreed on a preferred model for the transition from the telco's copper access network to the NBN.
Source: Australian IT - Andrew Colley
15th December, 2009 Labor's $43 billion national broadband network will struggle to deliver on the government's promise to give Australian infrastructure an IQ boost.
Source: ABC Online
14th December, 2009 Postal workers around Australia say they will deliver unstamped mail from today until Christmas Eve.
Source: Australian IT - Andrew Colley
14th December, 2009 Networking experts have discussed concerns that the national broadband network will put the nation on a $43 billion path "back to the future" by returning incumbent telcos to dominant market positions.
Source: Australian IT - Mitchell Bingemann
14th December, 2009 Speaking at a government-backed forum on the future of broadband in Sydney, the Prime Minister said the rollout of the NBN would reduce Australia's carbon emissions by 5 per cent.
Source: Australian IT - Fran Foo
11th December, 2009 Kevin Rudd today unveiled seven projects that would receive a total of $26.5m as part of the $60m Digital Regions initiative.
Source: Australian IT - Clive Mathieson
11th December, 2009 Optus chief Paul O'Sullivan claims the soothing words coming from Telstra about its willingness to negotiate with the government and the rest of the industry are just talk.
Source: zdnet.com.au - Liam Tung
11th December, 2009 Telstra's battle with the unions is heating up as a second union has called on its 1000 members to strike over the telco's alleged anti-union wage strategy.
Source: itnews.com.au - Ry Crozier
9th December, 2009 Questions have been raised about the utility of Telstra's ducts sought by the Government and NBN Co.
Source: ACTU
9th December, 2009 Liberal Leader Tony Abbott’s failure to rule out scrapping the No Disadvantage Test is a warning to working Australians.
Source: Australian IT - Mitchell Bingemann
9th December, 2009 A former media and political adviser to Peter Costello has been appointed to take up the broadband fight against Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
Source: Australian IT
8th December, 2009 Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce suggested yesterday the Coalition should support the $43 billion NBN to ensure the best outcome for the bush.
Source: ABC Online
7th December, 2009 The co-founder of failed telco OneTel, Jodee Rich, says he is considering legal action against James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch.
Source: Daily Telegraph
7th December, 2009 Telstra has admitted it doesn't know how to fix its woeful service standards.
Source: The Australian - Fran Foo
5th December, 2009 Broadband blackspots will be equipped with 6000km of fast broadband links in a federal government-funded project that will create 1000 jobs.
Source: zdnet.com.au - Renai LeMay and Liam Tung
5th December, 2009 Telstra's main union has accused the telco of asking for "volunteers" to help clean up its telephone exchanges. Plus Talkback.
Source: Australian IT - Mitchell Bingemann
4th December, 2009 Optus has inked a deal with football's world governing body FIFA to offer free live feeds of the 2010 World Cup matches.
Source: The Age - Dan Oakes
4th December, 2009 The competition watchdog has enraged Telstra's competitors by freezing the prices they pay for access to millions of home phone lines.
Source: Australian IT - Fran Foo
3rd December, 2009 One of the country's largest energy generators, AGL, has awarded a five-year, $62.5 million contract to Telstra for IT managed services.
Source: The Australian - Mitchell Bingemann
3rd December, 2009 Optus has countered Telstra's latest high-speed broadband upgrade in Melbourne by announcing it will revamp its entire east coast cable network.
Source: zdnet.com.au - Jacquelyn Holt
3rd December, 2009 In his maiden speech as opposition leader yesterday, Tony Abbott panned the Labor Government for pursuing its National Broadband Network project.
Source: zdnet.com.au - Liam Tung
2nd December, 2009 The government's plan to split Telstra is not communist, Optus chief Paul O'Sullivan said today, because Telstra was not a normal company.
Source: The Australian - James Chessell
1st December, 2009 David Thodey is believed to be working on a plan that could rationalise the telecommunications giant's executive structure.
Source: Australian IT - Mitchell Bingemann
1st December, 2009 Telstra has spent $15 million restoring and upgrading the infrastructure devoured and damaged by the Black Saturday fires.
Source: Daily Telegraph - Andrew Carsell
1st December, 2009 Robert Nason has signed on for the unenviable task of leading Telstra's push to reverse its pitiful customer service record.
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