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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

  • Public testing of Australia’s new cell broadcast-based emergency warning system, AusAlert, will begin in the ACT today, with Molonglo Valley selected as the first test site.

  • NetNumber is seeking a role in Australia’s emerging anti-scam telecommunications architecture, arguing that new obligations will require stronger shared infrastructure for telephone number and sender identity governance.

  • ACT independent senator David Pocock has warned Australia risks repeating the policy failures of the gas export boom unless governments impose stronger public interest tests on the rapid development of artificial intelligence data centres.

  • Northern Rivers-based startup is seeking partnerships with telcos and loyalty scheme operators for a platform that would allow consumers to convert unused mobile data into rewards or support for charities.

Plus more

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commsday Live

Communications Day’s Grahame Lynch keeps telco executives in ANZ up-to-date with essential business intelligence, featuring interviews with C-level executives and government ministers in this weekly podcast.

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CommsDay Summit 2026

CommsDay Summit is over for another year. Its 25th edition was the biggest yet with nearly 500 delegates. Powerpoints for some sessions are below (not all speakers used powerpoints, others used videos which we do not desire to load here)


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Edisons CommsDay Awards 2026

All the winners from the 2026 Edisons


Winners