Telecommunications Association (TelSoc)

[2][3] When the colonies' telegraph and telephony services were nationalized, with the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, many of the society's members became employees of the newly formed Australian Postmaster General's Department.

TelSoc was reconstituted on 11 November 1908 as the Postal Electrical Society of Victoria, which contained both Telephone and Telegraph Branches.

[3] The inaugural President, Henry Walter Jenvey, made it clear that the objectives of the Society were broad: "The field of study is not only electrical.

Before a person can deal satisfactorily with, and solve electrical engineering problems, whether telegraph or telephone, he must be fortified with sound general knowledge.

Dr Bell visited Melbourne in 1910 and inspected Australia's first automated central telephone exchange during its installation.

The technical papers delivered before each Society were printed and distributed to members, and a limited number forwarded to other States.

[3] The position of Editor-in-Chief of TJA, created in 1960, was then filled by a succession of engineers, all (until 1994) employees of the Australian Post Office (APO) and its successors Telecom Australia and Telstra.

[4] In 1991, following the introduction of competition in the Australian telecommunications market, the links between the Society and the former monopoly Telstra were formally severed, so the TSA could serve the whole industry.

Throughout its long history, TelSoc has kept its membership informed on the latest major developments in telecommunications by means of journals, newsletters, monthly lectures and occasional monographs.

In January 2015 Dr Mark Gregory succeeded Professor Peter Gerrand as Managing Editor of AJTDE.

The 2010 Charles Todd Oration was delivered in Sydney on 18 August by Mike Quigley[permanent dead link‍], the CEO of NBN Co, responsible for the rollout of the Australian National Broadband Network.

In 2024 the Henry Sutton Oration is to be delivered by Emilio Romeo, MD & CEO Ericsson Australia & New Zealand In 2011 the TSA held NBN Policy Forums in Melbourne and Sydney on June 28 and 30 respectively, based upon policy gaps for the National Broadband Network identified in eleven articles published in the May 2011 issue of TJA.