Cornered!
A tale of two campaigns: TIO's and Telstra's
by Stuart Corner   
Friday, 21 November 2008
By virtue of its size alone Telstra is the subject of more complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman than any other telco. So when the TIO, concerned by the rapidly escalating volume of complaints, launches a campaign and promises to work with the industry to get the numbers down, what does Telstra do? Issue a press release in support? No, it launches an advertising campaign that is almost inviting consumers to complain - about the mobile services of its competitors. Opportunism perhaps?

 
Broadband number crunching
by Stuart Corner   
Friday, 21 November 2008
The pundits seem to be trying to outdo each other with forecasts for broadband uptake. One thinks the world has now passed the billion user milestone, and Ericsson reckons that in five years time 80 percent of all broadband connections will be mobile, which would be a serious problem for the builder of the National Broadband Network.

 
Telstra's other National Broadband Network?
by Stuart Corner   
Monday, 10 November 2008
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo was telling investors last week that high speed broadband is central to his strategy, while claiming there is every possibility that Telstra won't be part of the Government's planned National Broadband Network. Interesting!

 
CEOs of Microsoft and Cisco drop in to back Telstra
by Stuart Corner   
Thursday, 06 November 2008
Telstra this week announced alliances with both Microsoft and Cisco to deliver, amongst other things, unified communications services to enterprise customers.
 
Coalition clueless on broadband
by Stuart Corner   
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Shadow communications minister, Nick Minchin, has been damning in his criticism of the Rudd Government's broadband policy, but has failed to offer any alternative.

 
Ovum foreshadows era of cross-border telco consolidation
by Stuart Corner   
Friday, 31 October 2008
Suggesting that the model of the country-specific telco may be outdated, market research firm Ovum is urging telcos to exploit the global financial crisis by seeking opportunities outside their own borders. But this has been tried before - with limited success.

 
What happens when mobiles enter the YouTube era?
by Stuart Corner   
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
The rise of YouTube enabling anyone with a broadband connected and a video camera to create and share videos with the world has been astonishing. So imagine a world where millions of people with mobile phones can do exactly the same thing - live.

 
3G's evolutionary roadmap could sideline WiMAX
by Stuart Corner   
Monday, 27 October 2008
If anybody tells you that WiMAX or HSPA is a 4G wireless technology, they're wrong: they are both 3G, but the roadmap from HSPA to 4G is much clearer than that from WiMAX, which could consign WiMAX to being a niche technology, according to IMS Research.

 
Hold the phone, I'm coming!
by Stuart Corner   
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
It seems that, for many Americans getting turned off by their mobile phone is preferable to turning off their mobile phone:  according to a survey by Nokia, 24 percent of Americans "have allowed a call or email to interrupt them while in the throes of passion" because "most working Americans - 59 percent - never turn off their mobile device."
 
What if Australia held a broadband party and nobody came?
by Stuart Corner   
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Delivering its latest dose of vitriol in the increasingly vicious slanging match over the national broadband network, Telstra has branded the Optus 3G network a "laughing stock". But it is Australia that is fast becoming the laughing stock of global telecommunications with the government being held to ransom by opposing forces and erstwhile participant AAPT/Telecom NZ stirring up trouble from the sidelines.

 
CEOs surveyed on broadband: want more but don't know what they've got.
by Stuart Corner   
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The release of a survey of Australian CEOs that purports to measure industry demand for broadband has been hailed by the Government has vindication of its plans for a National Broadband Network, but a third of respondents had no idea of the speed of their current broadband service and none were asked to specify exactly what speed of service they were using.

 
Looking for upside as AAPT exits from National Broadband consortium
by Stuart Corner   
Friday, 17 October 2008
AAPT has dealt a serious blow to Terria's credibility and to its chances of winning the Australian Government's National Broadband Network contract, but maybe there is an upside.

 
Forget the review says Telstra; we can handle rural comms
by Stuart Corner   
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Telstra has slammed the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review committee's 385 page report and its 50 recommendations based on more than 20 public hearings, several stakeholder briefings and over 220 submissions, saying that the future of rural telecommunications is safe in Telstra's hands, unfettered by regulation and government intervention.

 
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