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• NBN delay would harm competition: CCC

  Any delay to the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout as a result of political tinkering would harm competition, according to the Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC).

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  Private sector couldn't build NBN: Vodafone CEO

  The NBN is the only way Australia will achieve national deployment of broadband, Vodafone Hutchison Australia CEO Bill Morrow said this morning at the CommsDay conference.

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  Cheaper Foxtel unveiled for Telstra bundlers

  Telstra will provide discounted Foxtel pay TV for customers who bundle it with phone and Internet service.

• Apple must reassess location strategy after 'Maps stumble': Gartner

  As location becomes a critical part of mobile OS success, Apple has found itself in unfamiliar territory playing catch up to Google, according to Gartner.

• Bank of Queensland to use social media, overhaul IT

  The Bank of Queensland seeks to use social media and other forms of online engagement to serve customers across more channels, according to the bank’s CEO, Stuart Grimshaw.

• Regulator orders Telstra to pay $8 million to iiNet

  Telstra must pay iiNet $8 million as a refund for excessive internal interconnection cable (IIC) charges, according to an access determination by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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  Taxi industry at war with mobile app developers over cab booking

  An independent taxi app maker has rejected claims by the taxi industry that its mobile app is not safe and should be banned.

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  Telecom competitors set 'ground rules' for broadband policy ahead of election

  With elections approaching next year, rivals of Telstra have urged for strong controls on the rates charged by Telstra for access to its infrastructure.

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  Amaysim CEO says 4G no ‘slam dunk’

  Amaysim is testing 4G services but is not certain customer demand exists for the faster wireless network technology, according to Amaysim CEO Rolf Hansen.

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  Telstra fires back at Vodafone on state of competition

  Competition has driven Telstra’s network build, the top Australian telco said in response to claims from Vodafone Hutchison Australia's CEO, Bill Morrow, that effective competition does not exist.

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  Vodafone CEO urges regulators to rein in Telstra

  The NBN is not enough to level telecom competition in Australia, according to Vodafone Hutchison Australia CEO Bill Morrow. At an American Chamber of Commerce event today in Sydney, he called on government to support policies that scale back Telstra’s “regulatory favour.”

• Competitors protest Telstra's dominance on content

  A group of Telstra competitors called for more content regulation in Australia. The Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) protested the big telco’s dominance in a report released today.

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  Google threatened by Apple’s Siri

  The voice-activated search assistant, Siri, on Apple’s iPhone 4S has made Google concerned about its competition in the market.

• Aussie students offered chance to show off IBM mainframe skills

  IBM is once again offering budding Australian programmers, who have a hankering to work with mainframes and are aged 18 years or older, the chance to tinker with IBM System z mainframe servers.

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  Global recession fears to put pressure on NBN: Turnbull

  Unstable global financial markets will put more pressure on the government to cut the cost of delivering its National Broadband Network (NBN), according to opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull.