2008 Media Releases

New Rules on Mobile Premium Services Released for Public Comment

11/11/2008 - New code tightens controls on advertising, complaints handling and information to customers A new code has been developed by Communications Alliance to ensure that people who subscribe to mobile premium services (MPS) have greater safeguards and better information.
2008 Media Release 14 (26.3 kb)

New Website to Inform Australian Consumers about Mobile Premium Services

07/11/2008 - Communications Alliance empowers customers of Premium SMS/MMS Services. Communications Alliance will today launch a web-based “one-stop-shop” - called 19SMS www.19sms.com.au - to provide consumers with a comprehensive guide to Mobile Premium Services (MPS).
2008 Media Release 13 (26.1 kb)

Communications Alliance Makes Case for ICT Industry in Response to Climate Change Green Paper

14/09/2008 - Communications Alliance has weighed into the climate change debate with a submission highlighting the role the ICT industry can play in helping Australia reduce carbon emissions
2008 Media Release 12 (21.8 kb)

Communications Alliance Launches Project to Help Plan Move to Next Generation of the Internet

11/09/2008 - Commissions study into Australia’s IPv6 transition challenges. Communications Alliance today announced a study designed to provide greater insight into the challenges facing Australia as it moves into the next generation of the Internet
2008 Media Release 11 (26.3 kb)

The ACOMMS: Communications Alliance & CommsDay Awards – 2008 Winners

07/08/2008 - Category Awards to Alcatel-Lucent, Herbert Geer, Telarus, Telstra, Unwired and Uecomm; Simon Hackett honoured as 2008 Communications Ambassador. The winners of the prestigious 2008 ACOMM Awards were announced at last night’s Communications Alliance Annual Dinner
2008 Media Release 10 (23.5 kb)

2008 Communications Consumer Dialogue to Focus on Building Communities through Communications

27/07/2008 - Australia’s communications consumer, industry and government representatives will gather in Sydney later this month to share their thoughts on how technology can build stronger communities and cross social boundaries.
2008 Media Release 09 (65.2 kb)

Communications Alliance Pays Tribute to the Late Dr Christopher Newell

26/06/2008 - Communications Alliance today lamented the passing of Dr Christopher Newell, the long-serving chairman of its Disability Council. As chairman of the Communications Alliance Disability Council for the past ten years, Dr Newell was a tireless advocate of 'universal design', championing the need to ensure Australian communications products and services meet the needs of people with disabilities.
2008 Media Release 08 (18.9 kb)

Communications Alliance & Communications Day announce 2008 ACOMM Awards Shortlist

25/06/2008 - 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.
2008 Media Release 07 (35.5 kb)

New Australian ICT Industry Pulse Survey Shows Dip In Confidence

12/06/2008 - But good news for “Green” products and services. The latest Communications Alliance and KPMG ICT Industry Pulse Survey reveals that the overall sentiment of Australia’s information and communications technology industry has deteriorated over the past year.
2008 Media Release 06 (35.0 kb)

New ‘One-Stop’ Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code to Greatly Assist Telecommunications Consumers

18/05/2008 - The Australian Communications and Media Authority has registered a new Telecommunications Consumer Protections Industry Code, developed by Communications Alliance, that consolidates consumer protections contained in six existing codes.
2008 Media Release 05 (65.2 kb)

2008 Communications Industry Awards Launched

16/04/2008 - 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.
2008 Media Release 04 (51.9 kb)

Communications Alliance Appoints Former Government Adviser as Manager of Policy & Government Relations

27/02/2008 - Communications Alliance has appointed Josh Faulks to the new position of Manager, Policy and Government Relations.
2008 Media Release 03 (201.0 kb)

Australia’s Communications Industry Proposes Blueprint for Broadband Policy Development

26/02/2008 - 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. Policy Focus 2008
2008 Media Release 02 (78.4 kb)

Apple Icon Headlines Broadband Conference in Sydney

12/02/2008 - Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy will join with top telco, IT and media heavyweights over two days in Sydney next month to discuss and debate their vision for the future of broadband convergence in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
2008 Media Release 01 (92.3 kb)