Whilst the government has pursued its gold plated fixed line solution, Australia has become one of the world’s fastest adopters of smart phones. Should mobile have a more central role in government policy?

If Malcolm Turnbull sees fibre as the ultimate solution we will ensure his fibre to the node network is designed for what follows it.

Just because Malcolm Turnbull said some nice things about this podcast to the gathered throng at the Communications Day summit, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be critical of his broadband plan.

At the end of this month the spectrum made available by the switch off of analogue TVs goes up for sale. But has the government set too high a price?

This week, with the Coalition’s broadband policy just around the corner, NBNCo’s rollout seems fraught with delays.

M2 telecommunications has bought Dodo, the low cost phone provider that now also sells electricity and car insurance! Is it a smart move?

Smart phone subsidies hit telco bottom lines today. But what if Facebook decides to become a service provider in its own right? What chance do retail phone companies have then?

Who’d have thought it? Connecting fibre into every apartment is proving to be somewhat problematic. So is there a better way of connecting households in multi-dwelling units. Yes there is, but it needs the government to rethink its approach.

Malcolm Turnbull wants one. Now Mike Quigley wants one too, if only to put some numbers behind the debate around alternative technology solutions. But when a cost benefit analysis is provided, doesn’t it always say what the sponsor wants to hear?This we

For the last week Malcom Turnbull has been touting the use of HFC as an interim alternative to fibre. At the very least he wants to focus the fibre roll out on areas that don’t already have HFC. But if extensive upgrades are needed, is it worth the expe