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.
Helen Haines has warned that the Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation could leave poorer and regional Australians without meaningful access to satellite mobile services after the government used its House majority to reject amendments covering affordability, fault repairs and temporary disaster roaming.
SIGN UP TO READThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is proceeding with its previously announced plan to collect both plan and customer-level data from telcos.
SIGN UP TO READALDI Mobile, the MVNO using the Telstra network, is raising prices and retiring some less profitable prepaid plans.
SIGN UP TO READCommunications minister Anika Wells has conceded the proposed Digital Duty of Care would apply to “all online services”, while insisting it would regulate systems, features and risk-management processes rather than determine what people may publish online.
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After several successful editions in Melbourne, the CommsDay Wholesale Congress returns to Sydney in 2026, bringing the industry together at the Sheraton Grand, Sydney Hyde Park for two days of focused discussion, networking and deal-making across Australia’s wholesale telecommunications ecosystem.