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.
The federal government will consider introducing minimum mobile network performance standards and revisiting rules requiring customer equipment to support emergency calling as part of a wide-ranging review of the Triple Zero framework.
SIGN UP TO READOptus has revealed details of how it has revamped its monitoring and alerting systems in the wake of the September 2025 Triple Zero outage, including rolling out daily test calls to the emergency number ahead of industry-wide work on automated end-to-end testing.
SIGN UP TO READOwners of smaller telcos are raising private concerns about the cost, ambiguity and enforcement risk associated with new Australian Communications and Media Authority financial hardship and domestic and family violence standards, while declining to be identified in CommsDay due to fears of attracting a regulatory audit.
SIGN UP TO READVictoria's investments in its Connecting Victoria program have ensured the state has the largest percentage of premises in Australia capable of receiving gigabit speeds over NBN Co's fibre network, the state government has announced.
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The Broadband Forum’s BASe Summit is coming to Melbourne this month in partnership with CommsDay. The Summit will feature presentations, panels, and roundtable discussions of technical advancements, real-world implementations, testing and strategic technical planning. Additionally, the valuable peer-to-peer engagement of this face-to-face event will be aided by valuable networking, social mixer, and and a demonstration by nbn Australia.
Australia’s pre-eminent telecommunications industry conference, CommsDay Summit, returns to Sydney this June for its 25th edition, taking place at the Fullerton Hotel on June 2–3. The Summit will again bring together the most senior leaders in Australia’s communications sector, including the CEOs of major network operators and retailers, senior executives from leading global technology vendors and the heads of the country’s key regulatory and co-regulatory bodies.
Around 400 delegates are expected to attend, creating a forum that combines senior representation with an environment small enough to allow genuine conversation and effective networking.
For the first time, the event will open with a pre-Summit reception on the evening of June 1, giving delegates, speakers and sponsors an additional opportunity to connect ahead of the main conference.
A special pre-Summit Monday “Restoring Telecom Reputation” forum, developed with the Australian Telecommunications Alliance, will examine how the sector can strengthen public confidence amid heightened regulatory, political and consumer scrutiny.
The program will also address the key issues shaping the industry, including sustainability, the maturation of 5G and fibre networks, artificial intelligence and the growing energy demands of digital infrastructure.
Nominations are open for the 2026 CommsDay Edison Awards, recognising outstanding achievements across Australia’s telecommunications industry. The awards will be presented at the CommsDay Summit Dinner in Sydney on June 2, 2026 , with winners selected by an independent judging panel of Australian and international telecommunications experts.
Nominations are open to April 17, 2026.