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Tom Wheeler – new FCC Chairman

After a political and administrative process of more than a month Tom Wheeler was finally been nominated by President Obama as the new chairman of the FCC with the full support of Congress. Unlike other regulators around the world the … Continue reading

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Another step forward for the Coalition’s NBN Plan

In our assessment of the Coalition’s NBN plan a couple of weeks ago we indicated that we saw it as a step in the right direction, but that there were still plenty of questions that needed to be raised and … Continue reading

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Major credibility issues for NBN Co

The major problem surrounding yet another delay with the rollout of the NBN is not the delay itself, since over the full ten years of its rollout program this is neither here nor there. Even if the full rollout were … Continue reading

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Mexico preps for major overhaul of telecoms regulation

As mentioned in last week’s email I am in Mexico at the moment, where significant changes have been proposed to the telecoms regime in a Bill to be put before the Congress. Here is a report of what I have … Continue reading

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NBN – telecoms or digital infrastructure – a SAU question

BuddeComm sees one of the major problems of the NBN to be that, on the one hand, it is promoted as national infrastructure, a national utility, essential for e-health, etc, but on the other the associated legislation and regulations are … Continue reading

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