Tag: Ziggy Switkowski

Ziggy’s NBN value thought bubble

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
In a response to a question at the Senate Estimates Committee, NBN Co has failed to provide justification for chairman Ziggy Switkowski’s assertion that the National Broadband Network could...

What next for NBN’s Bill Morrow?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Bill Morrow, the 56-year-old Californian silver fox who heads Australia’s endlessly controversial National Broadband Network sounds just a little amazed with himself when he admits that the job –...

Thodey: CSIRO a ‘work in progress’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A little over a year after CSIRO unveiled its controversial plans to restructure, its chairman David Thodey said that the moves are “kicking some goals” but cautioned that the...

Time to end the NBN shell game

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
It is time for NBN Co Chairman Dr Ziggy Switkowski to call an end to the shell game that is being played out in an effort to carefully manage...

Quigley’s roadmap to fibre future

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
The importance of the National Broadband Network to Australia – and the continuing wretched history of telecommunications in this country as a political plaything – has been underscored by...

Streaming a fight for the future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
At the annual Broadcast Asia expo in Singapore last week, one of the big buzzes was about online video streaming, the so-called over the top services that are laying...

Ziggy’s unwanted election entrance

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
NBN chairman Ziggy Switkowski’s entry, in the middle of an election campaign, into the growing furor around the company’s decision to call in the Australian Federal Police to investigate...

Stephen Elop’s new Telstra test

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn’s ambitious bid to recast the telco as a technology company is underway, with former Nokia chief and senior Microsoft executive Stephen Elop starting work...