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Telstra leading the global telco move towards the OTT model
It is interesting to see what has happened since Telstra took the decision to embrace structural separation, and to close down the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) in order to move to an NGN (Next-Generation Network) environment. This heralds fundamental … Continue reading
Energy hypothetical 2032
Earlier this month I participated in the Energy Network Association (ENA) conference and on behalf of SGA presented: ‘Supergrid: Smart Grids and the Internet of Things’. The conference featured a very interesting hypothetical which was placed in the year 2032. … Continue reading
Argentina’s National Broadband Plan
A national connectivity plan, dubbed ‘Argentina Conectada’, involves the deployment of broadband services and free-to-air digital TV to underserved parts of the country. The plan, launched by the government in October 2010, would require an investment of AR$8 million (about … Continue reading
The NBN and the opportunity for ‘virtual’ players
One of the most interesting opportunities that the NBN has to offer the entrepreneurs of new applications, content and services is that they can deliver these services to their customers without having to be involved in any of the infrastructure … Continue reading
Will infrastructure constrain the digital entertainment market?
The digital media market is changing as it has been impacted upon many aspects of the media industry of old. These changes, combined with an economic downturn, led to much unrest in the media sector. Moving into digital entertainment there … Continue reading
Broadband prices fall as rollout of Singapore’s NGNBN continues
This report looks at Singapore, one of the outstanding telecommunications markets in Asia. At the same time as building its sophisticated telecoms infrastructure, Singapore has successfully promoted itself an IT hub and a place of excellence when it comes to … Continue reading
Intune collapses the OSI model
While a great deal of attention has recently been paid to the enormous amount of change that is taking place at the edge of the network with smartphones, tablets, apps, Web2.0 etc, massive changes are also underway on the network … Continue reading
Could maintaining the HFC be wasteful madness?
Guest blog by Dr Vincent O’Donnell, RMIT University. The charge of wasteful government practices is a familiar one. It is easy to lay and makes good headlines and, sometimes, stands despite the facts proving the opposite. There are two things … Continue reading
Will the half-built HFC disaster be repeated by the Coalition?
Those who remember the 1990s in the telco industry know of the massive investment destruction in telecoms infrastructure that was carried out by Telstra and Optus. At that time Optus saw the strategy to build a high-speed broadband infrastructure based … Continue reading
Digital infrastructure essential to manage the transition to the e-world
Across the world there are a significant number of social and economic challenges – stagnating economies, ageing population, climate change, peak oil, aging infrastructure, lifelong education. A key problem associated with these challenges is a lack of smart government policies … Continue reading
