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Regulator Alters Rule To Tap Telstra Phone Access Regime

TELSTRA'S ability to block competitors from installing their own broadband equipment in Telstra telephone exchanges has been curtailed by a new policy from the competition regulator.

Accc Rules For Telstra On Access

TELCOS wanting to supply fixed-line telephone services in metropolitan areas will probably be stripped of the right to piggyback Telstra's copper-wire network, in a bid to force them to install their own equipment.

Capitalising On Opportunities

Mike McGrath, management consultant THANKFULLY, I've had a varied and colourful career. It started early, at 14, with an after-school job delivering pharmaceuticals for a chemist in Hamilton, Ontario. Two years later, I was a merchandising assistant at a large Canadian grocery chain.

Telstra Workers' Strike Vote

TELSTRA'S phone and internet repair and installation workers in NSW will meet on Wednesday to decide whether to join their counterparts in other states in a strike and blockade of the company's Melbourne headquarters to protest over pay levels.

Antenna Plan Riles Residents

A GROUP of Bulli residents has clashed with Telstra over the planned installation of an antenna and equipment shelter in a suburban street.

It's Oh So Quiet

Remember the days when an installation was something that happened after a trip to McEwans? Raymond Gill does.

Uni Receives Better Mobile Coverage

STAFF and students at the University of Newcastle will have improved mobile telephone coverage following the installation of a digital base station.

$3mil Telstra Upgrade

ILLAWARRA and South Coast residents connected to the Kangaroo Valley, High Range, Moss Vale, Berry, Meroo Meadow and Sussex Inlet telephone exchanges are expected to benefit from a major service upgrade.

Invention Helps At Height

FORMER Hunter Region roofer Bob Richards has designed a new product, the Safety Pole, to protect people working at heights. Recently launched by NSW Minister for Small Business David Campbell, the product is being marketed by a Newcastle firm Life & Rescue International (telephone 49276240), with the aim of putting an end to deaths and injuries of workers falling from heights.

Patch-up Job

HUNDREDS of partly repaired telephone cables were being held together by plastic bags as technicians struggled to keep the Central Coast's phone network operating, the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) said yesterday.

Fault Pressure On Telstra In Sale Ploy

Telstra will be forced to reveal its 100 worst-performing telephone exchanges every month under new Federal Government rules to measure its service standards.

Good Call For The Pair Who Took On Telstra

When John and Trish Bucknell decided to compete with Telstra in the public telephone market, they put a whiteboard in their Balmain garage and wrote ``perseverance" across it in large letters. And in the early days of establishing TriTel Australia, they found themselves making frequent trips to the garage to reinforce this message.

Upgrade To Ip And Keep Your Pabx

While the roll-out of Internet telephony is gaining momentum among Australian businesses, traditional telephone switchboards are not ready for the scrapheap just yet.

Friday 9 November

Good Life Five things to do today ? JAZZ: A trio of male jazz musicians (led by Steve Sedergreen) accompany a trio of male jazz singers (Henry Manetta, Rick Woodroffe and Axle Whitehead) at Dizzy's Jazz Bar, 90 Swan Street, Richmond from 9pm (telephone: 9428 1233). ? THEATRE: A theatre even

China In Mobile Frenzy

The incessant cacophony of mobile telephones across China can now be partly explained by sheer weight of numbers.

Statement Of Attainment Electronic Security Installers Tafe's Sydney Institute

Phone 9217 3793 www.sit.nsw.edu.au Accreditation: The course is accredited by TAFE NSW. Where: Corner of Harris and Thomas streets, Ultimo. Duration: The statement of attainment in electronic security installation is completed part-time over six months by attending one night a week for 1

High-tech Package Plan

A CANADIAN company is working on a $150million plan to deliver `broadband' telephone, Internet, pay-TV and mobile phone services to Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. SaskTel, a government-owned telecommunications company from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, recently briefed Lake Macquarie and

Monday 18 September

Good Life Five things to do today * CRAFT: A homage to family meal time, an installation called Table Eight on the Floor, by Melbourne artist Florence Peitsch, is at Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, until September26 (workshops by arrangement); telephone: 9522 3382. * VC

New Premises Put Group On Express Lane To Success

RECENT relocation to bigger and better premises means Express Communications can expand its business specialising in the supply and installation of quality telecommunications equipment. Express Communications remains a pro-active family-owned business. It was established in 1989 by Tom and Ker