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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.

 

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in today’s issue of commsday

  • Diverse Networks Group has warned that the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s proposed telecommunications consumer protection standard could drive smaller providers out of the market, calling for wholesale safe harbours, scaled compliance obligations and up to 18 months to implement the rules.

  • The Australian Telecommunications Alliance has called for mandatory assessments of the cumulative cost of new reporting rules, warning that overlapping regulatory demands are diverting telco resources from investment and service improvements.

  • Increasing the current $1500 cap on consumer compensation for non-financial losses arising from telecommunications complaints could overwhelm providers with a surge of “vexatious or opportunistic” AI-enabled claims, according to the Internet Association of Australia.

  • Twenty-five years after Australia introduced full mobile number portability, daily switching volumes have grown from around 1,600 in its first full year to roughly 6,500–7,000 in more recent years.

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