communications day ANZ

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

  • The controversial Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation Bill is set to go to a vote in the House of Representatives this week, with industry attention turning to the prospect of the Senate seeking to impose tougher requirements including mandatory roaming and compensation for outages.

  • Vocus’s Australia Singapore Cable has suffered a break near Indonesia, knocking out a second major direct cable route between Perth and Singapore while Indigo West remains offline following a separate cable break off Western Australia.

  • Telstra has called for electricity network resilience guidelines to recognise the interdependence with other forms of critical infrastructure, including telecommunications.

  • Sydney is among four Amazon Web Services Regions to launch the cloud provider’s new multi-cloud interconnectivity services that potentially bypass all telco controls.

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