EDITOR'S NOTE

Good Afternoon,

Sparks tend to fly when the stakeholders in Australia's telecommunications industry gather in a single room as they did for the Commsday Summit today.

A predictable target of the Federal Government's angst was around the failure of the industry to self-regulate.

A less predictable target was Senator Conroy's scathing attack on iiNet over its apparent inability to crack down on copyright material, which is currently the subject of a battle in the Federal Court.

-- Brett Winterford

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | March 31, 2009

The Federal Government will amend the Telecommunications Act to give the media watchdog the power to hand out red cards to telecoms providers who abuse self-regulation.

By Ry Crozier | March 31, 2009

Only one in ten Telstra exchanges contain competitor DSLAMs, not because of accessibility or interconnection issues but because competing ISPs don't see the other 90 per cent as profitable, Telstra's outgoing Wholesale GMD said.

By Liz Tay | March 31, 2009

The Federal Government has this week called for written submissions on proposed reforms to Australia's Intellectual Property system.

By Ry Crozier | March 31, 2009

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has launched an extraordinary attack on iiNet's legal defence in its piracy trial with the film and music industry, dubbing it "stunning" and "a classic".

By Brett Winterford | March 31, 2009

The holographic communication popularised in the film Star Wars is "less than a dozen years" from commercial reality, say experts, and that's just the start.

By Jenny Eagle | March 31, 2009

Intel has introduced 17 enterprise-class processors led by the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series.

By Staff Writers | March 31, 2009

Google has launched free downloads of licenced songs in China, while sharing advertising revenue with major music labels in a market rife with online piracy.

By Jenny Eagle | March 31, 2009

CSC has won a $36.4m five-year IT contract extension with Kmart Australia.

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