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In the late 1940s a grey-suited teacher called Mr Honey sent a small boy outside, into the schoolyard, sparking a lifelong passion for science and learning. The Menzies Creek Primary School had one room and one teacher for its 20 children; Mr Honey needed to concentrate on the older students so would buy himself some time by sending the younger children outside to study the natural world....
March 2014
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Introduction Our industry is in a state of solid – and in some areas, spectacular – growth. The OECD has reported that in June 2013, Australia topped their league tables for mobile broadband, with a penetration rate of 114%[i]. However the ACMA notes that whereas the penetration of mobiles increased by 3% in the 2013 financial year, the major growth area lies in downloaded data, which increased...
March 2014
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Introduction Most users of mobile phones in Australia probably know that the latest and greatest mobile technology is ?4G?. They might even have heard of the next evolution of mobile technology ?5G? which has already made headlines in the mainstream press, even though it is some years from becoming a reality. So where does the marketing hype around 5G end and the technical reality begin? This...
March 2014
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Introduction The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) recently held a forum on mobile network performance (ACMA 2013), with the objectives of: gaining a better understanding of what is at the heart of consumer complaints about mobile network performance; identifying whether these issues are being sufficiently addressed; finding out what information helps consumers to understand...
March 2014
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'Uh oh ' spoiler alert!' William Robey '2014 Introduction The NBN is currently in the doldrums. Senior staff at NBN Co continue to leave the company, and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has launched yet another audit review into the actions of the previous government (Stock and Land, 7 March 2013). While the rollout of the terrestrial and satellite-based radio implementations of...
March 2014
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Introduction It is undeniable that bandwidth demands of all users are steadily increasing. Likewise there is broad agreement that current access networks, primarily ADSL, HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coax), and 3G and 4G wireless, need substantial augmentation or improvement to meet latent and evolving demand from the broad user base. The vision of the NBN is to supply access network capacity to meet this...
March 2014
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John Goddard will present a timely review of the past, present and future HFC CATV technology directions, the global opportunities for Multi Service Operators (MSO) and relevance of HFC to Australia's NBN. HFC infrastructure is a significant, scalable asset for Multiple System Operators. The transparency and flexibility of the HFC plant has enabled Cable MSOs in the USA, Japan, Korea and Europe...
29th April 2014
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Which Victorian scientist/engineer invented a form of television before John Logie Baird was born? And why have you never heard of him? He also invented sixteen different telephones which he installed around Ballarat before the GPO started and which were much admired by Alexander Graham Bell personally. Listen to the fascinating tale and why it is relevant to innovation today from our inaugural...
14th May 2014