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The Australian telecommunications market is going through a real shake-up, with the market dominance of the established telcos under challenge from digital media, including OTT providers, offering new communications services at lower costs, or free of charge.

The consumer watchdog, the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) says consumers will be better protected from premature disconnection of their phone and Internet services when Telstra migrates its telephone and Internet services to the National Broadband Network (NBN) under a revised plan.

Australia’s telecommunications infrastructure industry has banded together to launch a new initiative to address what it says is the problem of ‘public confusion’ about what to do to make the most of the NBN at home.