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Scrutiny of News Corp’s operations and leadership continues

News Corp faced immense pressure after the discovery in 2011 of unethical news gathering and in 2012 we see the pressure and scrutiny of News Corps operations continue. The latest setback for the company is the standing down of James … Continue reading

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MySpace back in the social media race

What a remarkable story – adding one million customers to MySpace during a 30 day period in early 2012, bringing its total to 25 million registered users. That is a truly remarkable job. Congratulations to the new owners of the … Continue reading

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NBN opportunities for the main players

Telstra Having made the crucial decision to embrace the future rather than fight it, Telstra remains in the box seat. For over a decade BuddeComm has advocated that a structurally-separated Telstra could create three very strong companies. First of all, … Continue reading

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2G spectrum re-farming

From October 2011, Optus began undertaking one of the world’s largest UMTS 900 spectrum migration programs to provide major 3G coverage boost to capital cities. Under the spectrum migration program, over 50% of Optus’s available 2G spectrum at 900MHz is … Continue reading

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Analysis of wireless broadband plan in 2nd stimulus package

While it was good to see that the Administration included telecoms in its new stimulus package – which was launched in September 2011 – the concerns that we expressed when the project was announced last year still persist. Wireless is … Continue reading

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