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.
Amazon's Australian Kuiper subsidiary has officially been granted space licences supporting operation of its LEOsat constellation, as well as expanding its licences for local ground stations ahead of the launch of an initial 27 production satellites following its 2023 Protoflight mission.
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CommsDay Summit is the forum for Australia’s top telecoms leaders: CEOs of our major telecom network operators and retailers, senior leaders from the world’s top telecom technology providers and the heads of Australia’s telecom regulatory agencies and major co-regulatory stakeholders.
The Summit attracts around 400 speakers and delegates: a who’s who of all the people you need to meet and talk with in Australian telecommunications, but intimate enough that you can network effectively and not get lost in the crowd.
The annual Commsday Edison awards will be bookable separately at a later date.
CommsDay’s annual awards are back for another year. Nominations are now open for the 2025 Edison Awards with categories covering best telecom marketing initiative, best sustainability initiative, best competitive fibre access network operator, best longhaul fibre network operator, best retail provider, best fixed network initiative or partnership, best mobile network initiative or partnership, best enterprise telco and best wholesale telco.
Nominations are open until 28 April and the form can be downloaded here.
Table and seat tickets will open for sale closer to the event.