Category Archives: From Paul’s Desk
NBN delivers ‘me-too’ products rather than innovation
One of the great promises of the NBN is innovation and there is no doubt that this indeed will happen. The first small-scale examples of some of the digital economy pilot projects on the NBN are already showing good results; … Continue reading
Broadband deployment strategies differ around the world
National fibre optic networks are the infrastructure required for our future. There simply is no other technology that can handle the capacity of data and applications that will be needed to run the cities and countries from today onwards. The … Continue reading
El Salvador’s broadband market sees steady growth
The smallest country in Central America, though with the third largest population, El Salvador is burdened with considerable income inequality, poor infrastructure and inadequate social capital. Despite these difficulties, the telecoms sector has been one of the more successful in … Continue reading
Europe’s MNOs pressed to fade out some roaming charges ahead of regulatory measures
A key concern for European mobile market regulators relates to competition, specifically the level of retail and wholesale pricing of roaming services. Roaming prices are considerably higher than the costs of carriage. Historically, roaming charges were initiated in 1992 when … Continue reading
Network terminator Device issues resolved themselves
The Network terminator Device (NTD) is also sometimes referred to as the Optical Network Terminal (ONT). It sits at the end of the FttH network – it is the connection to premises. From there the various services can be delivered … Continue reading
