Telecommunications - News, Features, and Slideshows

Features

• Federal government begins promoting telco consumer advocacy body

  The federal government has begun spruiking its Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), a communications advocacy body due to begin operations on 1 July.
  

• Cell-phone service surprises & portion sizes

  For the past 10 years I've expected three constants when visiting the U.S.: friendly people, large portions of food and bad cell-phone coverage.

• Telecom planning in a time of turmoil

  It's gotten pretty hard to miss the financial news lately: September was the worst month for stocks in years, and October looks to surpass it. Despite the US government's massive US$800-billion bailout, the US economy is still roiling, and Europe's is doing even worse.