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The Australian Telecommunications Commission, trading as Telecom Australia, was established on July 1, 1975 after the disaggregation of the Postmaster-General's Department. It was renamed to the Australian Telecommunications Corporation in 1989. Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS) is an Australian telecommunications company, holding a superdominant position in landline telephone services, large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access and broadband cable modem, satellite and ADSL services under the BigPond and Hypermax brands) and business data services, and cable television. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Postmaster-Generals Department was created at Federation in 1901 to control all postal (and later, telecommunication) services within Australia. ... The Australian Telecommunications Corporation was the result of a name change by the Australian Telecommunications Commission. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Australian computer ownership increased from 53 percent in 1998 to 64 percent in 2000, and Internet access increased from 25 percent in 1999 to 37 percent in 2000.
The Commission, under 214(e)(6), is required to conduct a designation proceeding in instances where the relevant state commission lacks the authority to perform the designation.
The report, commissioned by the Southern Growth Policies Board, tackles the issue by defining the divide, examining digital divide statistics in the South and examines various current initiatives.
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