Tag: telecommunications

Telco reform an attack on the ACCC

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The Turnbull Government’s threatening stance towards the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been ramped up with the announcement that plans to repeal the telecommunications-specific anti-competitive conduct laws...

Telstra CTO’s exit a familiar story

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Proving that lightning does strike twice, Telstra has again lost a technology lead over an allegedly fudged CV. A report in The Australian newspaper on Friday noted that Telstra chief technology...

Huawei’s Ren: Behind the man

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Ren Zhengfei, the enigmatic founder and chairman of China’s most successful international company Huawei Technologies is a hard man to pin down. He has only ever given a handful...

Interview: Telstra’s Vish Nandlall

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There are few industries that have been turned inside out by technology in quite the same way as the telecommunications sector. Telstra Chief Technology Officer Vish Nandlall has watched...

A political football named NBN Co

Posted on   |  by James Riley
I wish it were otherwise, but it is impossible to cover the innovation sector in Australia without occasionally writing about the National Broadband Network. The notion of a broadband...

Interview: Rene Sugo, MyNetFone

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian Voice over IP specialist MyNetFone has grown from modest beginnings into a technology leader with an expanding global footprint. Chief Executive Rene Sugo saw an opportunity to transform...

Smartbill’s DHS win sets up Asia

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An Australian expense management and analytics software developer Smartbill has cracked the Australian Government market with a potentially huge win at the Department of Human Services, which the company...