Issue No 17: 17 July 2018
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Visit the 2017 ACOMMS photo gallery here and highlights video here. And see the 2017 winners here.
2018 ACOMMS Finalists Announced
Communications Alliance is proud to announce the finalists for 2018 in the communications industry’s premier awards for excellence, the ACOMMS, which recognise exemplary achievement across 11 categories of endeavour.
The ACOMMS will be presented at a gala industry event in Sydney on 29th August 2018.
The short-listed nominees are illustrative of the industry’s transformation from the provision of traditional fixed and mobile communications to next-generation available-anywhere, advanced services and applications.
Communications Alliance CEO, John Stanton, said: “the 2018 ACOMMs finalists forcefully reflect the prominent areas of innovation and technological advancement driving the sector, including:
- the race to densify mobile networks and refine the technology to pave the way for 5G services;
- the push to realise the disruptive dividend from the Internet of Things; and
- increasingly sophisticated fixed access and cloud solutions.
New customer service initiatives in 2018 include innovative approaches to protecting schoolchildren from cyber-bullying, ground-breaking work to ensure broadband service quality and new ways for customers to connect to their supplier.
Community Contribution is always a hotly-contested ACOMMs field and in 2018 features programs dedicated to bringing technology-centred courses to high-school girls, a ‘rescue’ mission to restore internet connectivity to Christmas Island, STEM scholarships and community volunteering, as well as a program that has greatly boosted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment in the NBN rollout.
“There are great stories behind the commitment to excellence on display from all finalists. I congratulate and wish them well for the ACOMM Awards night,” Mr Stanton said.
The 2018 ACOMM Awards finalists are:
Communications Ambassador
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Innovation (large)
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Innovation (SME)
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Satellite Provider of the Year
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Commitment to Customer Service
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Services to Industry - Professional Services
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Best Marketing Initiative
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Best Mobile Solution
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IoT Startup
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Community Contribution
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Vendor Innovation
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In an exciting development for 2018, Australia’s leading national newspaper, The Australian has joined Communications Alliance as the official Media Partner of the ACOMMS.
The ACOMMS recognise excellence among communications industry participants including individuals, service providers, content providers, carriers, technology partners, consultants and third-party suppliers.
The awards will be presented at the 12th Annual ACOMMS Dinner to be held on 29th August 2018 at the Hyatt Regency, Sydney. The Minister for Communications, The Hon Mitch Fifield, will deliver the keynote address at the dinner. This year Today Show TV star, Sylvia Jeffreys, will be the MC for the evening.
Registrations for this year’s event can be made at: http://www.acomms.com.au/register.php
Comments Sought on Draft Industry Code: Telecommunications Consumer Protection Code
The Explanatory Statement can be found here.
Information on the Working Committee which revised the Code, including the Terms of Reference, can be found here.
The Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code applies to all Carriage Service Providers (CSPs) in Australia. It is a code of conduct for the Telecommunications Industry, providing consumer safeguards in the areas of sales, service and contracts, billing, credit and debt management, and for changing suppliers for mobile, landline, and internet customers. It also sets out a framework of code compliance and monitoring. The Code is registered and enforced by the ACMA.
For the avoidance of confusion, the current registered TCP Code (C628:2015, Incorporating Variation 1/2017) remains in force. The draft version of the Code (DR C628:2018) has been published for public comment purposes only.
Suppliers remain obliged to comply with the current registered version of the Code, and that is the version of the Code they will be attesting to for the Communications Compliance attestation due 1 September 2018.
All submissions received will be made publicly available on the Communications Alliance website unless the submitter requests otherwise.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE DRAFT CLOSES AT 5:00 P.M. (AEST) ON FRIDAY 10 AUGUST 2018.
Comments Sought on Draft Industry Code: Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment
A revised draft version of the Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code has been released by Communications Alliance for public comment.
- allow the community and councils to have greater participation in decisions made by Carriers when deploying mobile phone base stations; and
- provide greater transparency to local community and Councils when a Carrier is planning, selecting sites for, installing and operating Mobile Phone Radiocommunications Infrastructure.
The obligations on Carriers set out in the Code are also meant to supplement existing regulatory and legislative requirements which Carriers abide by.
Revision of the Code includes updates to notifications provided when more than one site address exists, updates to address changes made to Australia Post’s standard delivery times, blackout periods for notifications and the inclusion of electronic communications, refinements to the handling of Complaints, changes to address the current way stakeholders are notified via newspaper, electronically and social media, amendments to address the introduction of new technologies; and the review and revision of the appendices to ensure the information provided is relevant and up to date.
Information on the Working Committee that developed the variation, including the Terms of Reference, can be found here.
The draft Code and the submitted comments form can be found here.
All submissions received will be made publicly available on the Communications Alliance website unless the submitter requests otherwise.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE DRAFT CLOSES AT 5:00 P.M. (AEST) ON FRIDAY 20 JULY 2018.
Comments Sought on Industry Guideline: Communication Support for Emergency Response
Communications Alliance is seeking comments for a scheduled review of the:
G596:2013 Communication Support for Emergency Response Industry Guideline. The purpose of the Guideline is to provide a standard procedure for the cooperative handling by Carriers and Carriage Service Providers of incidents that require the coordination and communication support of Emergency response.
The Guideline can be downloaded from
http://www.commsalliance.com.au/Documents/all/guidelines/g596
The aim of the review is to identify:
- any existing issues with the Guideline;
- whether any process improvement is required, from operational experience in dealing with the Guideline;
- any gaps in the Guideline;
- clarifications that improve requirements;
- whether the document is meeting the needs of industry and the community satisfactorily;
- expected impact of technology changes; and
- whether a need exists to amend, reconfirm or withdraw the Guideline.
Further information can be found on the Documents under review webpage.
Submissions received will be made publicly available on the Communications Alliance website unless the submitter requests otherwise.
ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY 5:00 P.M. (AEST) ON FRIDAY 20 JULY 2018.
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10-11 September 2018
University of Technology Sydney
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