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26 August 2008
Australian IT: No quick fix on broadband for regions

05 August 2008
AFR: Price cuts still don't ring true

22 July 2008
Australian IT: Optus meltdown raises questions

16 July 2008
Computerworld: Optus sorry for meltdown, compensation could follow

04 July 2008
American Chamber of Commerce (SA), Independence Day Business Lunch: Future of Broadband in Australia

18 June 2008
iTnews: Market heats up for unified communications

14 June 2008
Australian IT: State bids could 'balkanise' broadband network

01 April 2008
Australian IT: Mobile broadband takes off

31 March 2008
MIS/Financial Review: The Scoop Podcast - Corporate VoIP still on hold?

17 March 2008
CNET: Australia's uncapped broadband data dream dies

06 March 2008
CRN: Is Conroy forgetting about OPEL?

25 February 2008
CRN: Market Clarity finds high ADSL availability in Australia

19 February 2008
The Australian: Shara Evans, chief executive, Market Clarity

19 February 2008
NetworkPunk: Telstra opens the gate for high-speed broadband across the country

18 February 2008
ZDNet: Telstra needlessly denied consumers on ADSL2+

14 February 2008
The Australian: Telstra gains OPEL document access

07 February 2008
The Australian: Telstra revs up the internet

05 February 2008
ZDNet: Is OPEL overbuild good for Aussie broadband?

05 February 2008
Computerworld: ISPs label OPEL a feeble overbuild of existing infrastructure

05 February 2008
The Australian: Labor broadband plan 'uneven'

03 January 2008
ABC News Radio: Just weeks to go until the planned closure of the CDMA mobile phone network (audio: Shara Evans with John Barron)

28 December 2007
ACCC: ACCC publishes exemption application from Telstra for the domestic transmission capacity service

21 December 2007
Computerworld: ACMA report identifies size of VoIP market in Australia

20 December 2007
ACMA: The Australian VoIP Market 2007

14 December 2007
The Australian: Optus speeds mobile rollout (Questionable link)

11 December 2007
The Australian: A country coming of age with 3G

06 December 2007
ZDNet: Look beyond Telstra to avoid broadband price-hike

27 November 2007
The Australian: Mixed messages flow from future

29 October 2007
The Dominion Post: NZ set to stagnate in broadband rankings

20 October 2007
ACCC launches public consultation on Telstra SAO exemption

02 October 2007
Computer Reseller News Cover Story: Wireless Broadband

18 September 2007
The Australian: VoIP goes mainstream

14 August 2007
The Australian: Restructuring chaos catapults ISP

13 August 2007
Uecomm and Metro Ethernet Forum: MEF Celebrates Australian Debut New Member - Uecomm paves way for Carrier Ethernet drive

08 August 2007
itwire: Newspoll Survey Finds 21 percent of Consumers Have Switched Broadband Provider

24 July 2007
ZDNet: Optus uploads - A revolution in the making?

20 July 2007
Communications Alliance: The ACOMMS 2007 Winners

17 July 2007
The Australian: Hutchison mobile data price cut

17 July 2007
The Australian: Upload surge increases net costs

13 July 2007
SBS News: ACCC has Google in its sight

12 July 2007
Free Republic: Google faces landmark lawsuit over sponsored links

12 July 2007
Physorg.com: Australian regulator takes Google to court over sponsored links (Questionable link)

12 July 2007
The Times of India: Oz regulator takes Google to court (Questionable link)

29 June 2007
ABC 7.30 Report: Questions raised over wireless broadband capabilities

27 June 2007
ACMA: Communications Infrastructure and Services Availability in Australia 2006-07

27 June 2007
ACMA: Key Statistics for the Australian Communications Industry

19 June 2007
Smart Company: What price fast broadband?

17 June 2007
itwire: VoIP - many different things to different people

17 June 2007
itwire: Developing standards for better VoIP services

12 June 2007
ABC Radio National: Australian broadband may drag down standard of living (Podcast and Transcript)

05 June 2007
thewest.com.au: Minnow plans big wireless net service

05 June 2007
The Australian: Optus gets into VoIP

05 June 2007
thewest.com.au: Minnow plans big wireless net service

04 June 2007
DSL Prime: Shara Evans — Numbers Need More Precision

23 May 2007
itwire: Market Clarity hits back at OECD in broadband stats battle

18 May 2007
The Australian: Telstra appeal rejected

18 May 2007
The Australian: Coonan challenges OECD broadband stats

16 May 2007
Prime Minister of Australia - Interview

15 May 2007
itwire: OECD's shoddy broadband stats exposed

15 May 2007
Nyqyuist Capital: OECD Broadband Stats 'Clarified'

15 May 2007
The Australian: Broadband ratings lifted

01 May 2007
The Australian: Net plan to cut mobile costs

26 April 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald: Roaming free

24 April 2007
itwire: Australian broadband growth rates falling back

19 April 2007
itwire: ACCC to cease reporting broadband numbers

19 April 2007
The Australian: It's time to come clean

18 April 2007
Voice & Data: Questions for Labor's broadband costings

17 April 2007
The Australian: Labor broadband blowout

04 April 2007
Telecom TV: Researcher debunks global broadband rankings (Questionable link)

04 April 2007
VoIP News: Infrastructure List Gets Mapping Capability

04 April 2007
ComputerWorld: Australia's telecom infrastructure report released

04 April 2007
The Australian: 3G price freefall

03 April 2007
Sen Helen Coonan: Comms Day Summit 2007 Speech (Questionable link)

30 March 2007
ComputerWorld: X-Series marks the spot for flat-rate mobile data

29 March 2007
ABC Radio National, Australia Talks show: Broadband or Fraudband? (Podcast)

28 March 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald: We're paying $1bn too much for our mobiles

28 March 2007
The Australian: Hutchison triggers 3G price war

27 March 2007
The Australian: Rudd shoots too low

27 March 2007
Itwire: Labor's broadband plan - will 12Mbps be enough in 2012?

26 March 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald: Roam if you want to

24 March 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald: Why stop a few metres short?

08 March 2007
The Australian: Skype downloads top 500m

28 February 2007
The Age: Engin launches capped VoIP plans

13 February 2007
ComputerWorld: VoIP users dig a grave for providers

13 February 2007
The Australian: VoIP providers slow to sign with watchdog

13 February 2007
ComputerWorld: Unified comms the next tech nirvana

12 February 2007
itwire: Skype: biggest is not always best

12 February 2007
itwire: VoIP will be big, but revenues won't

12 February 2007
The Australian: VoIP minnows need to turn a dollar

06 February 2007
The Australian: Half-mill sign up to Next G

26 January 2007
MIS: 3G steps up

19 January 2007
The Australian: Skype plans local push

12 December 2006
The Australian: Working on the fly

12 December 2006
The Australian: Telstra steals 3G show from rivals

05 December 2006
The Age: Hung up on VoIP

29 November 2006
itWire: VoIP numbers game heats up

28 November 2006
The Australian: Making the switch to VoIP (Questionable link)

28 November 2006
The Australian: Fast net for bush too hard (Questionable link)

22 November 2006
Smarthouse: Broadband Market Worth $2 Billion A Year

22 November 2006
InfoWorld: Stake sale ends Australia government control of telco (Questionable link)

22 November 2006
iTnews: Broadband slow down makes for tough sell

22 November 2006
Telecom Web: Broadband Revenue Slowdown Predicted Down Under

21 November 2006
Itwire: How many VoIP providers are there really

21 November 2006
The Australian: Broadband performance not so bad

21 November 2006
The Australian: Big 3G stoush expected next year (Questionable link)

21 November 2006
Itwire: Broadband market now worth $2 billion but $$ growth slowing

21 November 2006
m-net: Aussie broadband generates $2b in 2006: report

20 November 2006
Itwire: Bit players giving VoIP a bad name says Engin

14 November 2006
The Australian: Rivals scorn Telstra pricing

07 November 2006
Telecom News: Equinix To Host Annual Gigabit Peering Forum in Sydney Featuring Content and VoIP Peering Experts (Questionable link)

06 November 2006
Voice & Data: False promises damage VoIP reputation (Questionable link)

01 November 2006
Daily Research News: Telecoms Structure Databased Down Under

31 October 2006
VoIP News: Australia's Telecoms Infrastructure Catalogued

30 October 2006
Itwire: Australia's telecoms infrastructure databased

06 October 2006
The Australian: Optus to spoil Telstra launch with 3G promo (Questionable link)

21 September 2006
Voice & Data: Is satellite still competitive?

18 September 2006
Shara Evans talks about the Aussie VoIP List on Tektime Radio on 97.1 3MDR Melbourne.

13 September 2006
BuyNetPlus: Is satellite still competitive?

13 September 2006
m-net NZ: Aussies take to regional wireless broadband

12 September 2006
iTnews: MVNOs give mobile services low priority

12 September 2006
Computerworld: Satellite broadband still nascent despite subsidie (Questionable link)

11 September 2006
Mobilised: Wireless broadband Recovers In Bush

29 August 2006
The Australian: Tune in, dial up, drop out

21 August 2006
CRN: Making residential VoIP a viable proposition

09 August 2006
Australian Reseller News: Market Clarity lists VoIP providers

08 August 2006
VoIP News: 18 More Added To VoIP List

06 August 2006
Voice & Data: New VoIP list reflects growing number of providers

01 August 2006
PC World: Research firm hosts VoIP directory

31 July 2006
VoIP News: Market Clarity Lists All 180 VoIP Players

31 July 2006
VoIP Weblog: Largest Online Australian VoIP Directory from Market Clarity

25 July 2006
VoIP News: Shareholders Approve Extra Engin Funds

21 July 2006
VoIP News: Only 60% VoIP Providers In TIO Scheme

06 July 2006
VoIP News: ISPs Rival Pure Play VoIP Providers

16 May 2006
The Australian: VoIP picking up pace

30 April 2006
Asterisk VoIP News: BroadIP boasts big surge of eager VoIP resellers

18 April 2006
The Age: Small businesses move to VoIP

28 March 2006
Australian Reseller News: iVox and PBA offer mobile VoIP

24 March 2006
Cellular News: End of the Australian Boom for Mobiles?

22 March 2006
itwire: The stormy voyage of the Irish Rover

22 March 2006
CRN: VoIP services to reach six million users

16 March 2006
itwire: Gloomy outlook on mobiles

01 March 2006
ZDNet: ISPs drop wireless broadband options

28 February 2006
PC World: Aussies ditch fixed lines in favour of VoIP and mobile

21 February 2006
ZDNet: AAPT only half-priority for new chiefs