Presented by Dr Tim Nulty and Leslie Nulty.

Akamai now ranks Australia's Internet service as 60th in the world. "Serious experts agree that the right telecom infrastructure for the next century consists of universal FTTH on the ground and a universal wireless cloud above, supported by the FTTH foundation.  But you don't need a national monopoly to achieve this.  And private monopolies are just as bad. Indeed, a monopoly of any kind is usually counterproductive.  US developments are proving that you can build the future network --even in sparse rural areas--- with multiple parties, even small ones on a purely commercial basis with private money.....And do it faster and better than either private or government monopoly typically does.   Would this work in Australia?"

We are privileged to have  Dr Tim Nulty and Leslie Nulty, speak out our forthcoming NSW Telsoc event, to held at the University of Technology Sydney. Dr Nulty has a distinguished career, including Fibre network builder and operator, Deputy Staff Director & Chief Economist:   Energy & Commerce Committee, US House of Representatives, Principal Economist and Project Manager, Telecoms, The World Bank. Dr. and Mrs Nulty are the only husband/wife pair independently awarded Marshall Fellowships in the same year (honorary program of the EU under which selected US citizens in influential positions are brought to Europe for an extended stay)

NOTE: this is an UTS hosted event and will be located at the university's city campus - Building 11, Faculty of Engineering and IT, Level 6, Seminar Room, Room 408.

Your host for the session with be Frank Zeichner.

Session starts at 12:00 for meeting and greeting, presentation and questions between 12:30 amd 1:30, session closes at 2:00.