From Universal Service to Universal Communications
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Telecommunications, Universal Service,
Abstract
The policy of universal service must change. The 1975 world of a government-owned monopoly provider obligated to provide fixed line voice telephony has been replaced by the twenty-first century reality of Australians using fixed, mobile and text communications over a range of communications equipment and services provided by competitive providers. A new universal service must reflect those changed realities, and with it, the changed environment of a national broadband network, with competitive providers offering service and equipment choice.
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Dec 29, 2015
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Raiche, H. (2015). From Universal Service to Universal Communications. Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 3(4), 129–139. https://doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v3n4.33
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Author Biography
Holly Raiche, University of New South Wales
Holly Raiche is adjunct lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UNSW and teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in the areas of telecommunications and broadcasting law. She is a Research Fellow at the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at the University of NSW, and a Research Associate at the Communications Law Centre.
Holly is on the policy committee of the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and on the Board of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Australia's peak body for consumer advocacy in communications. Previously, Holly was the Project Manager for Consumer Codes and Compliance Officer at Communications Alliance, Communications Advisor to the Australian Democrats party, and Policy Advisor at the Communications Law Centre.
