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Communications Alliance Is Go |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 10 August 2006 |
The respective members of ACIF, SPAN and the already
subsumed AVOIPA will now all pool their collective wisdom and bargaining power
under the one banner - The Communications Alliance.
Back in May, ADIF and AVOIPA
decided to do the mind meld thing and then not long after, SPAN, the Service
Providers Association also fell into line agreeing to put it to
members that their interests would be better served as a united force.
The respective members of ACIF and SPAN have now had their
chance to vote and the new peak body for the Australia's communications industry
is ready for launch on September 1.
From that date the new Alliance
will be governed by a transitional board, co-chaired by current ACIF chairman
Neville Stevens and SPAN chairman John Kranenburg. Both will be non-executive
roles.
ACIF CEO Anne Hurley has already been confirmed as CEO and
will take responsibility for managing the business and operations of the new
body.
A newly elected board will commence on December 1 and will
elect its own chair.
But not before everybody has a chance to celebrate the new
union when the industry comes together for the SPAN 2006 Annual Dinner on
August 31.
What will be the most broadly representative body in the
history of the Australian communications industry, will provide a powerful and
unified voice to lead the transition to the next generation networks (NGN) era,
says the announcement.
"Our industry is undergoing an almost total transformation
and it will require unparalleled cooperation between all sectors to ensure an
orderly transition," ACIF's Anne Hurley said.
"By bringing the industry together under the Communications
Alliance we can muster all of the brain-power, resources and expertise we will
need to handle this challenging time in our history."
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