Tag: Mark Gregory

Gov’t vs ACCC: The NBN cold war turns hot

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The government’s efforts to strong-arm the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to adopt a favourable position on NBN Co’s wholesale prices, business market competition and spectrum allocation have...

Govt NBN backflip is a missed opportunity

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The government decision to support NBN Co’s $4.5 billion NBN upgrade to provide 75 per cent of fixed line premises with access to 1 Gbps connections by 2023 is...

NBN broadband boost is not enough

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Yesterday, NBN Co positively announced that it would waive charges for additional data of up to 40 per cent for retail service providers for the next three months and...

2020 cyber strategy elephant in the room

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The Australian Government is currently developing our nation’s next Cyber Security Strategy in its efforts to protect Australians from cyber threats. The 2016 Cyber Security Strategy was a four-year...

NBN may miss June roll-out target

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The devastating bushfires along the south east coastline have destroyed telecommunications infrastructure across a wide area and it may take several months before basic telecommunication services are functioning. NBN...

NBN maps trouble in corporate plan

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The NBN is in trouble and the problems are highlighted in the NBN Co Corporate Plan 2020-23. Rollout delays, cost blowouts and an admission that it will not become...

Paul Fletcher’s long to-do list

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Paul Fletcher’s appointment as Minister for Communications, Cybersafety and the Arts as part of Scott Morrison’s Second Ministry leaves him with the onerous task of working through some big-ticket...

Telco reform will benefit the economy

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
If there is anything to be learned from the last election campaign it is that politicians still do not understand technology and the impact it has on the nation’s...

NBN performance problems rise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Two announcements this week have painted a grim picture of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the lead-up to the federal election, and for many Australian consumers there is...