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TelSoc's annual Charles Todd Oration is in Sydney on Thursday, 12 October 2023. Come lunch and network with Rob Nicholls (this year's Orator), Michelle Rowland, the Minister for Communications, and TelSoc members and guests. The 2023 Charles Todd Orator is Rob Nicholls.
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Our industry has achieved a lot over the past two years, including the rollout of 5G networks and the rollout of the NBN plus its new initiative for FTTP upgrades. We need to celebrate those who make outstanding contributions to our telecommunications.
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There’s a lot happening in space – get briefed If you have not registered to attend TelSoc’s free online lunchtime event on Wednesday 16 July, 2025 (commencing at 12.30 pm Sydney time), now is the time to do it. Alex Orange of Omnispace will be our presenter and his topic is Satellite direct to device connectivity: “To MSS D2D or to IMT D2D? Is that the question?”
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Now is the time to renew your TelSoc membership and invite your friends to join us. We hope that you will consider renewing your TelSoc membership and enjoying another year with TelSoc. You can renew at this link and share this link with friends who may wish to join for the first time: https://telsoc.org/content/renewal-options If you have any difficulty with the renewal, please feel free to contact our Treasurer, Elise Ball at treasurer@telsoc.org.
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The Henry Sutton Oration Each year, TelSoc hosts the Henry Sutton Oration in Melbourne to commemorate the distinguished but scarcely known Victorian scientist, engineer and inventor from Ballarat. Please join us for TelSoc’s Henry Sutton Oration for 2025 on Thursday, 21 August.
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Now is the time to renew your TelSoc membership and invite your friends to join us. We hope that you will consider renewing your TelSoc membership and enjoying another year with TelSoc. You can renew at this link and share this link with friends who may wish to join for the first time: https://telsoc.org/content/renewal-options If you have any difficulty with the renewal, please feel free to contact our Treasurer, Elise Ball at treasurer@telsoc.org.
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TelSoc has amended its policy brief on Universal Service after receiving feedback from one observant member. The amended policy statement is set out below and attached. In the original it was stated that Telstra is required to provide copper connectivity supporting minimum voice services in NBN Co’s non-fixed line footprint. Telstra’s obligation is to continue to do maintain existing copper connections. To avoid any suggestion beyond that, we have amended the relevant sentence under item
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TelSoc Online Event: Alex Orange, Vice President, Technology and Spectrum, Omnispace LLC Satellite direct to device connectivity: “To MSS D2D or to IMT D2D? Is that the question?” When: Wednesday 16 July 2025, from 12.30 to 1.30 pm AEST
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TelSoc Event: Reminder to Register for our lunchtime online event with Dan Lloyd, CEO, and Isobel Haddow, Head of Membership, Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) When: Wednesday 4 June 2025 commencing at 12.30 PM Australia’s Telecommunications Future: Optimising Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Capability to Ensure National Communications Resilience Dear TelSoc members and industry colleagues,
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TelSoc Universal Service Policy The TelSoc Board formally adopted a Universal Policy statement at its meeting in May 2025. The detailed statement (quite brief for easy reading) is set out beneath this message. The policy was the result of a considerable amount of work and consideration by TelSoc members over the past 8 months, via TelSoc's Policy Sub-Committee.