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Displaying items by tag: Atug

Monday, 29 August 2011 16:13

ATUG closes its doors

Faced with declining membership numbers, The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) is closing down after 30 years representing the needs of end-users in the development of telecommunications in Australia.

Published in Strategy

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Tuesday, 05 July 2011 16:01

ATUG chairman details the devil in the detail of NBN implementation

ATUG chairman, David Swift, says there are still many questions unanswered and many details required before Australians, and business in particular, can be assured that they will be able to fully exploit services over the NBN.

Published in Networking

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Thursday, 11 November 2010 14:22

NBN interconnect plan to stifle competition

The communications sector's peak user interest lobby has joined the chorus of industry voices objecting to the NBN Company's points of interconnect proposals, saying it risks reducing infrastructure competition into the future.

Published in Technology Regulation

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Monday, 05 April 2010 09:56

OECD calls for regulation to end the great global mobile roaming rip-off

A new report from the OECD into international mobile roaming charges says that government regulation may be the only way to ensure that consumers are not charged unreasonable rates to use their mobile phones outside their home country.

Published in Technology Regulation

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Monday, 01 February 2010 14:47

ATUG seeks applicants for telecoms awards

The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) is seeking submissions for its annual awards for the effective use of broadband and for excellence in telecommunications.

Published in Strategy

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Monday, 14 September 2009 11:08

Gov't response to international roaming enquiry offers little

In early 2008 Atug launched a campaign against excessive and largely unexpected international mobile roaming charges. There was a parliamentary enquiry and several recommendations for government action. Government has now tabled its response offering little that is likely to see prices come down.

Published in Strategy

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Friday, 01 May 2009 10:21

ATUG looks beyond the NBN

Having focussed its 'Future Forums' for the past two years on Australia's need for broadband infrastructure ATUG is turning its attention in 2009 to issues around how to maximise the economic benefits of the future NBN.

Published in Strategy

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Thursday, 19 March 2009 09:25

Government told to act to cut international mobile roaming rates

A parliamentary enquiry into the high cost of international mobile roaming has identified Australian carriers' weak bargaining position with overseas carriers as a major contributing factor and has called on the government to initiate bilateral and multilateral negotiations to get wholesale mobile roaming charges reduced.

Published in Market

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Monday, 19 January 2009 12:28

ATUG in search of comms excellence and best broadband applications

The Australian Telecommunications Users Group is on the lookout for innovative uses of broadband services on which to bestow its annual Broadband Awards, and for suitable recipients for its annual excellence awards.

Published in Strategy

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Monday, 23 June 2008 10:27

Gov't grant to help create new consumer telecoms body

The government has given a grant of $87,000 to the Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) to help fund the creation of a new body to represent the interests of consumers on telecommunications matters: it could end up absorbing CTN.

Published in Government Tech Policy

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Monday, 12 May 2008 08:41

Big business puts mobile operators on notice over costs & service

Mobile data services are high priority for IT managers in global 1000 companies, but they are less than happy with roaming charges and with the level of support they get from mobile operators.

Published in Home Tech

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