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 About theTelecommunications Journal of AustraliaEditorsPeter Gerrand (Editor in Chief) ABN: 85 050 134 622 Aims and scopeThe Telecommunications Journal of Australian (TJA) is the official journal of the Telecommunications Society of Australia (TSA), an association dedicated to facilitating a well-informed and internationally competitive Australian telecommunications industry supported by Australian innovation. Telecommunications Journal of Australia has been published for more than 70 years in print form, changing to an online subscription journal in December 2007. Telecommunications Journal of Australia is the leading authoritative telecommunications journal in Australia. It includes in-depth, high quality, refereed articles written by practising professionals and academics:
Contributors to the journal include industry and government practitioners as well as academics. Telecommunications Journal of Australia covers technical, economic, social and legal aspects of the rapidly expanding worldwide communications industry. The journal aims to put new developments in all these areas into context, to help readers broaden their knowledge and deepen their understanding of telecommunications policy and practice.
Publication informationTJA has been published every year since 1935. From Volume 57 No. 2 (December 2007), TJA has been published in online form only, by Monash University ePress. Inquiries about advertising in the Journal should be directed to the Executive Editor. ISSN: 1835-4270 (online) About the editorsPeter Gerrand, Editor in ChiefPeter Gerrand has been a Professorial Fellow in telecommunications at the University of Melbourne since 1996. Before that he was Professor of Telecommunications at RMIT University (1993-96), and before that an industry researcher and executive in Australia and Europe. His career achievements include co-designing the ITU's SDL (Specification and Description Language) (1973-80), leading the development of Australia's current telephone numbering plan (1991-93), and building Australia';s first international Internet domain name registrar, Melbourne IT, as founding CEO (1996-2000). His awards include the 1998 ATUG Charles Todd Medal 'for outstanding contributions to the telecommunications industry' and an Australian Centenary Medal in 2003 'for outstanding service to science and technology particularly to public science policy'. His PhD thesis (2008) on 'Minority Languages on the Internet' has been published by VDM Verlag. He is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University's School School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne's Contemporary European Research Centre, and is Chair of the Melbourne University Engineering Foundation. Blair Feenaghty, Executive EditorBlair Feenaghty is a graduate of the Universities of Queensland (BE) and Melbourne (MEngSc), a former Walter and Eliza Hall Engineering Research Fellow of the University of Queensland, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. He was CEO of the Telecommunication Society of Australia Ltd from 1994 to 2001, after resigning from Telstra where he had been General Manager for Telstra's corporate relations with State Governments. Prior to this he led a number of national Business Divisions in Telecom Australia, and was heavily involved in the introduction of competition into the Australian telecommunications industry. His earlier career included military telecommunications research in the UK, and engineering and product planning in Australia, where he played a leading part in the introduction of computer control into telecommunications switching. Editorial Advisory Board
Authors and refereesAs a way of saying 'thank you' for contributing to TJA, Monash University ePress offers:
Authors: inquiries concerning potential articles for future issues should be submitted to TJA's Executive Editor, Blair Feenaghty. New and revised manuscripts should be submitted via the online Submission and Refereeing System. Referees: You can register your interest in refereeing via the online Submission and Refereeing System. Inquiries about refereeing should be sent to TJA's Executive Editor, Blair Feenaghty.
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