2006 Media Releases
REVISED INDUSTRY CODE TO ENSURE CALL CHARGING AND BILLING ACCURACY.
Pdf version - 22 December 2006
Joint Media Release - ACMA and Communications Alliance.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has registered a revised telecommunications industry code to test the accuracy of call charging and billing by telecommunications carriers and carriage service providers.
COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE LAUNCHES VOIP CUSTOMER BOOKLET.
Pdf version - 13 December 2006
Helping those considering a VoIP service in home or small business.
Communications Alliance today launched a new booklet designed to assist consumers and small businesses who are considering a VoIP service for their home or office.
COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE SELECTS CHAIRMAN.
Pdf version - 4 December 2006
Neville Stevens takes another industry leadership role.
The newly elected board of Communications Alliance has chosen Neville Stevens as its independent non-executive Chairman.
NEW GUIDELINE FOR MAKING PAYPHONES MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
Pdf version - 4 December 2006
A new industry guideline to ensure that payphones are accessible for people with disabilities has been developed by Communications Alliance and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).
NEW RULES TO ENABLE HIGHER RATE BROADBAND SERVICES.
Pdf version - 22 November 2006
Industry will be able to deliver higher-rate broadband services through local telephone lines known as the unconditioned local loop (ULL), following registration today of an industry code and technical standard by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Under the code, potential upstream speeds will increase to around 2.5Mbit from the current 1.0Mbit .
COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE NOW HAS ITS FIRST ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Pdf version - 20 November 2006
The new board replaces the transitional board which came into effect following the merger of the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) and the Service Providers Association Inc (SPAN) on September 1. The transitional board consisted of the existing directors of both organisations.
Four new directors and 13 existing directors will sit on the new board following the postal ballot of Communications Alliance members which closed at 5pm last Friday.
NEW CODE MAKES TELEPHONES MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY.
Pdf version - 17 October 2006
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has registered a telecommunications industry code designed to ensure that people with special needs have access to information about the key features of telephone handsets.
MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY SCHEME CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
Pdf version - 29 September 2006
Latest figures show world-leading initiative’s extraordinary success rate.
Australia’s world-leading Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Scheme has celebrated its fifth anniversary this week, with latest figures showing very few complaints.
COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE PUBLISHES NEW FACT SHEETS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE WAY COMPLAINTS ARE HANDLED.
Pdf version - 27 September 2006
Communications Alliance today announced it had published four new fact sheets addressing complaints processes and consumers’ rights to information about telecommunications services.
CHANGES TO CODE ON LIFE THREATENING AND UNWELCOME CALLS.
Pdf version - 5 September 2006
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has registered an industry code that clarifies how life threatening and unwelcome calls are handled by carriage service providers.
MINISTER COONAN PRESENTS INDUSTRY AWARDS AND LAUNCHES COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE.
Pdf version - 1 September 2006
The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, the Hon. Senator Helen Coonan, last night officially launched the Communications Alliance after presenting the 2006 SPAN CommsDay Awards at Sydney’s Four Seasons Hotel.
INDUSTRY CELEBRATES COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE.
Minister Coonan launches new industry body
Pdf version - 31 August 2006
Australia’s communications industry tonight celebrates the launch of its new peak representative body – the Communications Alliance. Communications Minister Helen Coonan will officially launch the Communications Alliance when speaking at the 13th Annual SPAN Dinner in front of 400 industry representatives at Sydney’s Four Seasons Hotel.
ACIF FORUM TO LOOK AT FUTURE OF BROADBAND WIRELESS.
Pdf version - 14 August 2006
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) has invited representatives from across the industry to discuss the challenges of rolling out broadband wireless in Next Generation Networks (NGNs).
The discussion will take place at Future Wireless – the second in a series of ACIF forums being convened to look at the issues relating to NGN access technologies
COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE SET TO LAUNCH.
Pdf version - 10 August 2006
ACIF and SPAN members vote in favour of new merged body
The Communications Alliance – the new peak body for Australia’s communications industry – will launch on September 1.
Special general meetings of members of the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) and Service Providers Association Inc (SPAN) have now approved the merger of both organizations to form the Communications Alliance.
MAKING PAYPHONES MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
Pdf version - 04 July 2006
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) today released a draft industry guideline to ensure that payphones are accessible for people with disabilities.
The Accessibility of Payphones Industry Guideline (DR ACIF G629:2006) sets benchmarks for payphone providers in the design, siting and installation of payphones.
AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TO UNITE AS COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE.
Pdf version - 28 June 2006
ACIF and SPAN coming together as a single industry voice
The Australian communications industry is poised for the creation of a new peak body – the Communications Alliance -- which will lead it into the Next Generation Networks era.
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) and Service Providers Association Inc SPAN) today announced they were in the final stages of negotiating to merge under the new Communications Alliance banner.
ACIF ANNOUNCES “FUTURE FORUMS” TO PLOT THE COURSE TO NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS.
Pdf version - 21 June 2006
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) today announced a series of “Future Forums” to explore the operational, technical, regulatory and commercial access issues that need to be addressed in the transition to next generation networks (NGNs).
ACIF BOLSTERS VOIP AND NGN LEADERSHIP BY TAKING IN AVOIPA.
Pdf version - 30 May 2006
The Australian communications industry is poised to have an expanded peak body to lead it into the Next Generation Networks era.
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) today announced it had finalised arrangements for the Australian Voice over IP Association (AVOIPA) to merge under the ACIF banner.
ACIF PUBLISHES REVISED CUSTOMER CABLING STANDARDS.
Pdf version - 12 April 2006
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) today announced it had published two revised standards on customer cabling. Because of their broad impact on the cabling industry, the standards are ACIF’s most referenced documents.
The standards assist equipment suppliers and installers of cabling products in overcoming technical issues, as well as specifying the correct installation and repair of cabling and cabling products.
ACIF PUBLISHES DISCUSSION PAPER ABOUT QUALITY OF SERVICE ISSUES IN VOIP INTERCONNECTIVITY.
Pdf version - 22 March 2006
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) today released a discussion paper about Quality of Service (QoS) issues in VoIP interconnectivity.
The discussion paper will be circulated throughout the communications industry in Australia and overseas with a 60-day period for submissions to be received.
ACIF PUBLISHES VOIP SECURITY FACT SHEET AND GUIDE TO VOIP.
Pdf version - 21 March 2006
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) today announced it has published a VoIP security fact sheet as well as a basic guide to VoIP technical terms and issues.
These have been developed in response to a growing need within the telecommunications industry for information about VoIP developments and the impacts of Next Generation Networks (NGN).
ACIF STANDARDISES EMERGENCY DIALING ON MOBILE PHONES.
Pdf version - 16 February 2006
The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) has revised mobile phone standards to assist users dialling the emergency operator.
The revised standard requires that all mobile phones sold in Australia must be capable of dialling emergency services even if the handset is locked.
NEW CODE PROVIDES RELIEF FROM HARDSHIP OF HIGH PHONE & INTERNET BILLS.
Pdf version - 31 January 2006
Phone and Internet companies will soon have to implement a number of new measures to help their customers avoid racking up big debts.
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