Established in 1994, Communications Day is the authoritative source for commercial, regulatory, political and technology news and analysis for telecommunications in Australia and New Zealand. Delivered every working day to a reader base of C-level executives, regulators, government and opposition ministers and their staff, CommsDay provides essential business intelligence and a key competitive advantage for anyone working in the ANZ telecoms sector.
Telstra has blamed a software defect for a nationwide outage that disrupted mobile services, regional rail operations, payment terminals and electric vehicle chargers before being fully resolved late yesterday afternoon.
SIGN UP TO READThe Coalition, the Australian Greens and the peak communications consumer body have called for enforceable mobile network reliability standards following Telstra’s nationwide outage.
SIGN UP TO READThe Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has called for the introduction of robust requirements for carriers, MVNOs and device manufacturers to share information about the emergency calling capabilities of mobile devices.
SIGN UP TO READDr Anne Webster, the shadow minister for regional communications, has insisted Labor not “railroad” her Victorian rural constituency by allowing data centre developments without considering the impact on farmers and local communities.
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