Telecommunications Industry and NBN in Chaos
The Australian telecommunications industry has sunk into chaos and dragged the NBN into the mire with it. Yesterday on Business Spectator the slanging and punches being thrown are discussed to highlight the need for a industry commission with a broad membership. What is the alternative? More chaos that ultimately harms the industry and all Australians?
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Turnbull gives Telstra a green light to build FTTN
Turnbull's announcement that Telstra will build the FTTN should soon be following by an announcement that NBN Co will become a Telstra reseller of FTTN and HFC. In Business Spectator this week the implications of Turnbull's annoucement are discussed. Will the telecommunications industry roll with the changes to the NBN that means a shift towards reasserting Telstra's dominance or will concerned companies step up and challenge what is happening?
NBN Cost Benefit Analysis - orange or lemon
The NBN Cost Benefit Analysis and Review of Regulation should be released before the end of the month. Yesterday in Business Spectator the ins and outs of the review is discussed. The question is what will the CBA bring to the debate and will it be a complete study or only focus on elements of the telecommunications market that will lend support to the Coalition's mult-technology mix NBN? What do you think the CBA will contain?
MyBroadband gets an 'F' for Fail
The MyBroadband website accompanying the Government Broadband and Availability Report 2013 is reviewed yesterday on Technology Spectator in an article MyBroadband gets an 'F' for Fail. The report and the website should provide powerful tools in our quest to learn more about the true state of broadband in Australia but the are too many questions left unanswered.
NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow takes over the helm soon
Less than two months before NBN Co's new CEO Bill Morrow takes the helm and questions are being raised about NBN Co's direction and the tasks that will fall to Morrow when he arrives. In Technology Spectator Morrow's challenge is highlighted and the hurdles ahead are going to be real test of his leadership and management skills.
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