NEW GOVERNMENT RESOURCE FOR MEMBERS
13/5/2008
Communications Alliance today launched a new important resource for its members. A new one-stop-shop government link on the web site provides information on everything you need to know about government and telecommunications. Click on the Australian Government link on the left hand side of the web site to find information and links to key players, current inquiries, current bills etc.
COMMENT SOUGHT ON REVISED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE CABLING STANDARD
13/5/2008
The telecommunications customer cabling requirements for the Department of Defence are specified in ACA TS 035-1997 Requirements for Installation of Temporary Telecommunications Customer Cabling for Defence Purposes. With input from the DoD and ACMA, Communications Alliance has carried out a review of the requirements of ACA TS 035-1997 and is now seeking comments on a new draft Defence Cabling Standard proposed to replace the ACA Standard.
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR AUSTRALIAN PRIVACY AWARDS
8/5/2008
Communications Alliance members are invited to nominate for the 2008 Australian Privacy Awards, which recognise and reward good privacy practices across the private and public sectors. An initiative of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Awards will be presented in four categories - Large Business Award, Microsoft Small-Medium Business Award, Community and NGO Award, and the Symantec Government Award - with an overall Grand Award presented to the most outstanding entrant.
The closing date for nominations is 9 July 2008. Further information and nomination forms can be found at http://www.privacy.gov.au/about/awards/index.html.
APRIL COMMUNICATE NEWSLETTER
28/4/2008
The April 2008 COMMUNICATE newsletter is now available.
REFERENCES TO CDMA IN ACIF/COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE DOCUMENTS
23/4/2008
All references to CDMA in ACIF/Communications Alliance documents are no longer valid post 28 April 2008. 2008 COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AWARDS LAUNCHED
16/4/2008
Nominations called in eight categories
Nominations have opened for the Australian communications industry’s premier awards, the ACOMMS, with eight categories reflecting the dramatic changes sweeping the sector. More
REVISED CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT STANDARDS
16/4/2008
Six revised Customer Equipment Standards and an accompanying Guideline have been approved by the Board. These revisions introduce new requirements for customer equipment used in conjunction with VDSL2 services, satellite services and digital services. All the Standards will be submitted to ACMA with a recommendation for making under the Telecommunications Act. Until such time these new versions remain voluntary. The revised publications are:
- Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network AS/ACIF S003:2008
- Voice frequency performance requirements for Customer Equipment AS/ACIF S004:2008
- Requirements for Customer Equipment, operating in the voiceband, for connection to the non-switched Telecommunications Network AS/ACIF S006:2008
- Requirements for connection to an air interface of a telecommunications network — Part 1: General AS/ACIF S042.1:2008
- Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network - Part 2: Broadband AS/ACIF S043.2:2008
- Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network Part 3 DC, low frequency AC and voiceband AS/ACIF S043.3:2008
- Supporting Arrangements for AS/ACIF S042 Requirements for connection to an air interface of a Telecommunications Network CA G548:2008
The Standards can be downloaded from the Standards publication page.
BROADBAND AND BEYOND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
11/3/2008
Speaker presentations from the very successful Broadband and Beyond Conference held in Sydney on the 3-4 March 2008 are available here.
AUSTRALIA’S COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY PROPOSES BLUEPRINT FOR BROADBAND POLICY DEVELOPMENT
26/2/2008
Australia’s communications industry has agreed on a series of “fundamental principles” that should be the basis for development of policy governing the broadband environment.
The Board of Communications Alliance, the industry’s peak representative body, has signed off on the principles and will advocate that the Federal Government adopt them as the framework for its broadband policy development. Media Release Policy Focus 2008
YOU CAN ON A MOBILE
26/2/2008
Communications Alliance is a proud supporter of the “You Can On a Mobile” education campaign to inform and inspire consumers to do more on their mobile. Further information is available at the You can on a mobile website .
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