The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has questioned co-regulation, with commissioner Anna Brakey stating that she is not confident the current review of the Telecommunications Consumer Protection Code will result in a "positive outcome." Speaking at the CommsDay Summit yesterday, Brakey also said she did not think that reforms suggested by Communications Alliance were adequate.
SIGN UP TO READCommunications minister Michelle Rowland said that "breaking down the silos" is a key objective of the government's response to the Bean report on the Optus November 8 outage, as she explained the intention of the proposed Triple Zero Custodian framework yesterday.
SIGN UP TO READTelstra InfraCo CEO Brendon Riley has outlined a draft discussion framework to help guide industry collaboration to bolster the "energy resiliency" of Australia's networks. Riley used the first day of the CommsDay Summit to propose an industry meeting to discuss the issue and attempt to forge a clearer position on it.
SIGN UP TO READOptus has explained what it is doing to mitigate negative effects of the planned closure of the 3G network later this year. In a speech at CommsDay Summit, Optus executive Matt Williams also stated that the company has had a turbulent year but is now recovering momentum.
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