Consumers will have a greater voice in the telecommunications sector with the federal government announcing funding to support the establishment of new peak representative group.

Slow fault repairs to cost telcos AU$50 a day

Telcos will soon be slapped with an AU$50 fine for every day it takes to repair a telephone fault or if they do not connect a line within mandated timeframes, Communications Minister Helen Coonan has warned.

Telstra switches on ADSL for 200 new communities

Telstra will switch on over 200 remote ADSL exchanges after a funding stoush between the government and the telco was resolved.

Aussie ISPs have content ambitions

Executives from several of Australia's largest internet service providers have over the past few months expressed their desire to become media companies in their own right.

Optus claims iPhone sales win

Australia's second biggest telco Optus today claimed to have captured the bulk of new sales for Apple's 3G iPhone by offering better value deals than its competitors.

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Around the world in.... WiMax

WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.