CommsWire - 9 June 2016

Shadow regional comms minister flags return to Labor?s NBN ?original vision? The Labor Party is looking at a return to its "original vision? and plan for the National Broadband Network (NBN), according to Shadow Regional Communications Minister Stephen Jones, who told a digital forum in Brisbane on Wednesday the party is ?committed? to getting the NBN back on track. Time to get the politicians off the NBN hook

CommsWire - 8 June 2016

Australian elections: major parties silent on NBN policy The Australian federal election campaign has just crossed the halfway mark but one topic both major parties seem eager to avoid is the national broadband network. Telecommunications market under microscope with Productivity Commission review

CommsWire - 11 April 2016

IT spending in Australia forecast to hit A$79.9 billion Telecom service spending will reach US$1.4 trillion in 2016 ? but that?s a decline of 2.0% for the year. Why are we surprised that the NBN is a mess? Politicians excel at dog-whistling. Given that, it is surprising that people are now expressing surprise at the mess that NBN has become, given the clear signals that the Coalition provided well before it was voted into office.

CommsWire - 5 April 2016

nbn sets new CVC discount pricing model to encourage ?enhanced broadband experience?; Jobs to go as Optus restructures company; Telstra reinforces its commitment to ?network resilience?; Telstra Free Data Day 2: 2,686 TB of data, 46% more than 14 Feb; Fifield claims Labor Party ready to ?backflip? on nbn; ACMA takes action over alleged breaches of Do Not Call register act; Vodafone expands 4G services to now reach 23 million Aussies; Ciena appoints new chief for Australia, NZ.

Critique of the new NBN policy

This paper addresses the limitations of the Australian government's new NBN policy (11 December 2014) and proposes some changes in approach which share the objectives of the policy but without compromising access speed. The changes will eliminate the lead-in cost entirely and will introduce infrastructure competition in the long-term interests of end-users. They will accelerate the NBN roll-out and ensure that the national infrastructure is responsive to future technologies, market demands and...

Critique of the new NBN policy

This paper addresses the limitations of the Australian government's new NBN policy (11 December 2014) and proposes some changes in approach which share the objectives of the policy but without compromising access speed. The changes will eliminate the lead-in cost entirely and will introduce infrastructure competition in the long-term interests of end-users. They will accelerate the NBN roll-out and ensure that the national infrastructure is responsive to future technologies, market demands and...

A closer look at Deep-fibre FTTdp

In this paper we outline a number of matters that have been raised in relation to Deep-fibre Fibre-to-the-Distribution-Point (FTTdp), and address practical ways that FTTdp can be expected to deliver a maximum overall cost-benefit outcome for the Australian NBN. We conclude that FTTdp must be honestly evaluated if the nation is to achieve a maximal NBN capability outcome.

Australia?s fixed broadband deficit

Australia?s fixed broadband services performance and takeup is continuing to fall behind other comparable countries in international benchmarks. Indecision about the structure of Australia?s broadband market is likely to continue to retard medium to long term investment in the fibre infrastructure needed to improve Australia?s broadband rankings against its international peers.

CommsWire - 2 February 2016

Vodafone builds a new playing field; Government releases nbn end-user migration policy; Optus tops up My Prepaid Ultimate plans; 2016 Australian Broadcast Industry Trends: OTT to Thrive; Vaya revamps mobile plans; Bulletproof's million-dollar deal for Cloud House.

CommsWire daily news - 16 December 2014

Telstra the big winner from NBN deal; ANALYSIS What the HFC deals mean for HFC customers; Good for us, says iiNet; Mobile to ?take centre stage? next year; Aargh, me hearties! The Pirate Bay is back; ?Videoquake? rocks US pay TV market.