The staff and directors of CommsDay publisher Decisive Publishing wish all our readers the compliments of the season. We have published our last daily PDF issue for 2011. We return to daily publication on Tuesday 10 January 2012. In the meantime, have a safe and restive Christmas break.  

It’s been a big year for the Australian telecommunications sector and the list of achievements looks impressive. Telstra has signed off on structural separation in a deal that the government believes will underpin the success of the NBN, whilst the NBN has been provided with all the legislative support it needs and is, according to [...]

The federal government and wireless carriers are poised for a final round of talks to hammer out remaining details on 15-year spectrum license renewals – aiming to bring long-awaited certainty to the industry by the end of 2011. After a year or more of separate bilateral discussions on the subject between the Commonwealth and the [...]

Australia Post is poised to launch a major new offensive in the telecoms arena – spearheaded by Maha Krishnapillai, who will join the company following his resignation from the position of Optus director for corporate and government affairs. Krishnapillai’s newly-created role will effectively see him running telco products and services for Australia Post, as the [...]

CommsDay’s revelation today that Australia Post will be making a full tilt into the telco market is likely to put a chill into many competitors, but more importantly will serve to accelerate massive changes in how value is created in the telecommunications business. Australia Post brings assets to the market that most telcos lack and [...]

As iiNet publicly confirms its A$60 million acquisition of TransACT, iiNet CEO Michael Malone sees no end in sight for the inexorable consolidation of the Australian telecoms industry – regardless of the ultimate fate of the NBN. iiNet itself, of course, has been a very visible driving force in that consolidation, with the TransACT buy [...]

Optus enjoyed a PR coup in reminding us of its integral role in the development of telecommunications competition as it celebrated the 20 year anniversary of its license award over the weekend. Optus owner SingTel and CEO Paul O’Sullivan have every entitlement to bragging rights given they share the credit for overseeing the most successful “number [...]

Clear Mobitel (NZ) Ltd aims to become New Zealand’s fourth mobile carrier. Harpal Mann, the founder and CEO of the UK-based parent Clear Mobitel Ltd told CommsDay the company plans to build an LTE network and intends to bid in the 700 MHz spectrum auction. He said: “We have over the past three years tried [...]