Tag: Telecommunications
Conroy urges rethink on Telstra CEO pay
Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has told the Telstra board it should reconsider its decision on executive pay.[MORE]
Telcos to be named and shamed for poor service
Poor performing telecommunications providers will be named and shamed in monthly reports, in a bid to improve customer service.[MORE]
Telstra's abuse of ACCC 'part of normal relationship'
Australia's competition watchdog is rejecting claims it is biased against Telstra.[MORE]
Telstra workers vote on strike action
Telstra workers are voting on whether to take urgent industrial action over pay claims at the company's annual general meeting.[MORE]
Telstra holds out on broadband bid
Telstra says its board is still considering whether to bid for the Federal Government's national broadband network. [MORE]
Howqua Valley to get mobile coverage
Mobile phone coverage will soon be available in the Howqua Valley in Victoria's high country.[MORE]
Optus profits up slightly
Optus says net profit for the September quarter has increased slightly, boosted by a growth in mobile phone subscriptions. [MORE]
Telstra refuses to guarantee broadband bid
Telstra says the Federal Government is jeopardising its bid to built the National Broadband Network.[MORE]
No change for Telstra broadband prices
Telstra has no plans to reduce its broadband prices in Tasmania, even though the Basslink fibre optic cable has now been commercialised.[MORE]
Promise of faster, cheaper internet
The new commercial operators of the Basslink fibre optic cable believe it will open up Tasmania's broadband market.[MORE]
Local councils rewarded for telco investment
Eurobodalla Shire Council's $2 investment in a regional telco has paid off well this year, with the Southern Phone Company returning a dividend of just over $10,500.[MORE]
Mayor hopes Optus tower prompts Telstra boost
It is hoped the approval of an Optus tower at Goolgowi will prompt Telstra to improve its Next G coverage in the area.[MORE]
Telstra earnings forecast unchanged
Telstra says there has been no change to its earnings forecast for the 2008-2009 financial year.[MORE]
Campbell seeks call centre jobs assurance
The Minister for the Illawarra, David Campbell, has called for an assurance that local jobs will be quarantined, if a local government owned call centre is sold off.[MORE]
Govt broadband network a 'pipedream'
The Opposition says the Government's plans to roll out a national broadband network are looking increasingly like a pipedream.[MORE]
Telstra workers plan strike action
The union representing Telstra workers will today seek permission to take strike action next month.[MORE]
MP worried about migrating telco jobs
The federal Labor Member for Bendigo, Steve Gibbons, is concerned telecommunications jobs in central Victoria are being moved overseas.[MORE]
Union fights to keep telecommunications jobs
A union is calling on the federal and state governments to do more to stop telecommunications jobs being shifted overseas.[MORE]
Union claims Telstra sacked whistleblower
The Communications Union has accused Telstra of sacking an employee for blowing the whistle on company plans to de-unionise the workforce.[MORE]
Call to keep broadband affordable
A Tasmanian consumer group wants assurances no internet users will be worse-off under the new national broadband network. [MORE]
Residents rally against phone tower
Residents opposing a mobile phone antenna planned for the Bendigo suburb of Kennington say they will take their protests to the State Ombudsman if necessary to prevent its installation.[MORE]
Internet, phone complaints up 50 per cent
The telecommunications industry deputy ombudsman says phone and internet service providers need to give clear information to potential customers.[MORE]
Optus to axe 115 jobs
The telecommunications company says it will cut 115 jobs within its engineering and technical division.[MORE]
Telstra defends services to Tasmania
Telstra says it is continuing work to improve mobile phone reception and payphone access in Tasmania.[MORE]
Fears aired over mobile phone tower plan
Concerns are being raised over a proposal to build a mobile phone tower in the Eurobodalla.[MORE]
