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Just a reminder that the TelSoc Annual General Meeting is coming up this Wednesday (26 November 2025), starting at 5pm (Melbourne time). If you are a Financial or Life member of TelSoc, please come along, have your say, and vote for the new Board. The AGM is an opportunity for members to review the past year and to elect a new Board for the coming year. It is vital for the future of the Association.
24th November 2025
Communications Day – story of the week
21st November 2025
Communications Day – story of the week The article below is from CommsDay (13 November 2025). TelSoc has chosen to reprint it because it very usefully reports on the continuing debate about how spectrum prices might be set when current spectrum licences expire in the next few years. There will undoubtedly be a lot more said on the issues involved. AMTA defends ACMA spectrum renewal plan after ACCAN criticism
14th November 2025
TelSoc Online Event: REMINDER Kristy Sparrow (BIRRR) and Sam Dimarco (NBN Co) No Choice, No Voice: How Lack of Competition Has Shaped Regional Connectivity Wednesday, 19 November 2025 – from 12.30 to 1.30 pm AEDT
13th November 2025
REMINDER: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ONLINE EVENT – WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2025 COMMENCING AT 5.00 PM AEDT Have your say on TelSoc’s programs and priorities
22nd October 2025
TelSoc Online Event: Kristy Sparrow (BIRRR) and Sam Dimarco (NBN Co) No Choice, No Voice: How Lack of Competition Has Shaped Regional Connectivity Wednesday, 19 November 2025 – from 12.30 to 1.30 pm AEDT
22nd October 2025
The latest issue of our journal, the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, is now available on the TelSoc website at https://telsoc.org/journal/jtde-v13-n3. Please have a look at it. You can download the full issue (towards the bottom of the issue page) or select individual articles. All content is free to TelSoc financial members (when logged in).
11th October 2025
Peak consumers body slams Australian telecoms sector as Optus fined $100 million; Optus boss apologises for deaths during emergency calls outage Verizon partners with key vendors to establish 6G Forum
26th September 2025
TelSoc Online Event: Agit Nagpal (Aetha Consulting), John Laughlin and Thomas Pickett Can telcos really stop scammers? The fight against foreign criminal gangs Wednesday, 24 September 2025 – from 5.00 pm AEST Note: The presentation begins at 5.00 pm AEST, not at the usual lunchtime.
15th September 2025