Tag: Mark Gregory

Regional telecoms policy has been a failure

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The 2021 Regional Telecommunications Review (2021 RTR) included twelve recommendations that clearly identify the major issues related to the provision of reasonably priced, reliable, resilient telecommunications in regional and...

Telstra-TPG agreement highlights an ACCC failure

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Last month, Telstra and TPG Telecom signed a ten-year mobile infrastructure sharing agreement that will boost TPG Telecom’s mobile network to cover 98.8 per cent of the population and...

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...
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