Tags: acma, telco

Telstra Next G has 'enormous problems': Coonan

Despite Telstra's pledges that Next G network provides equal or better coverage than CDMA, federal Communications Minister Helen Coonan still foresees a delay to the switch off.

• GetUp wants Conroy's filter canned

  The Federal Government has been told by lobbying group GetUp to abandon its internet filtering plans, following the decision of a second internet service provider to withdraw from a planned trial.

• Optus fined $110,000 for spam

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority has fined Optus a combined $110,000 for two infringements relating to sending what the authority deemed was SMS spam to mobile phones.

• Telstra Next G audited as CDMA closure looms

  Telstra claims its controversial Next G network is now officially better than its soon-to-be-defunct CDMA equivalent, after the telco sent a team to audit network coverage. Now government testers are hot on their heels.

• Telstra 'can't close CDMA without govt permission'

  The spat between Telstra and Communications Minister Helen Coonan has cranked up a notch, with the government introducing a draft guideline to prevent the telco switching off its CDMA network until its Next G replacement is deemed equal or better in coverage.