The Reborn TSA

The Telecommunications Society of Australia has been re-born as part of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and the ACS Telecommunications Special Interest Group (T-SIG) now is known as TSA - the Telecommunications Special Interest Group of the ACS. TSA will continue to organise lectures, networking events and other activities within Australia for those interested in improving their understanding of new developments in telecommunications, in Australia and overseas. An important part of these activities will remain the publication of the Telecommunications Journal of Australia.

Information on rejoining the TSA can be found here.

The $10,000 Eckerman - TJA Prize:
The Broadband for Environment Sustainability Challenge

On 20 August Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, launched the Alcatel Lucent 2008 Broadband Challenge for the Sustainability Environment, which sponsors the $10,000 Eckermann-TJA Prize, awarded to the best paper offered to the Telecommunications Journal of Australia on the theme of applying broadband telecommunications to deliver significant benefits to environmental sustainability. The deadline for submissions is 12. 00 Noon Eastern Australian time on Monday 6 October 2008. Further information can be found here.

TJA May 2008 Issue

The major theme of the current issue of TJA is Structural Separation – the hottest policy issue facing the federal government in implementing the National Broadband Network (NBN). This issue also includes an in depth interview with David Spence, CEO of Unwired – who suggests that the importance of ‘personal broadband’ requires a national mobile broadband solution, thereby casting doubt on the wisdom of the government’s NBN investment policy. The issue also contains a review of David Lindsay’s new book on International Domain Name Law.

TSA members can gain free access to TJA by entering the Members Only section of this website via the registration box at the top right hand of this page, then proceeding to the Telecommunications Journal page via the link in the left hand column; then use the links on that page to the latest issues of TJA. When registering, your user name sshould have the format ‘johnsmith’, and your password is your TSA membership number.

The next issue of TJA, to appear in November, will have two major themes: ‘the wireless future?’ and ‘broadband for the sustainable environment’.

The Eckerman - TJA Prize

The Broadband for Environment Sustainability Challenge

Entries are invited for the Eckermann-TJA Prize for the best paper offered to the Telecommunications Journal of Australia on the theme of applying broadband telecommunications to deliver significant benefits to environmental sustainability.  The deadline for submissions is 12. 00 Noon Eastern Australian time on Monday 1 October 2007.Further information can be obtained by clicking on the award medal to the left of this column