Policy
A key aspect of the Opposition’s alternative NBN plan is to use Telstra’s existing copper from node to premises.
COMMENT: Does Malcolm Turnbull write his own blog? We got 3,000 words from the former journalist yesterday. Most of them are spot on.
A new tool is finally pointing out the key differences between the Labor and Coalition NBN plans - and it seems to be well and truly clicking with voters.
Cloud services policies are being developed and iterated in all jurisdictions, but there’s been a call for policymakers to work harder to create a “level playing field” for cloud services adoption.
After 20 years of lobbying by bricks and mortar retailers the US is close to closing a loophole that allowed online sales to escape state sales taxes.
Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has criticised the Digital Dividend spectrum auction, labeling it as another fiscal failure of the Gillard Government.
Three of Australia's largest telecoms companies have spent a combined total of just under $2 billion to secure newly available wireless broadband spectrum in the Government's Digital Dividend auction. Telstra, Optus Mobile and TPG have secured a total of 200 MHz of bandwidth in the 700 MHz and 2.5 GHz bands, with Telstra and Optus taking the lions share.
The NBN debate long ago ceased being rational. Now it’s got personal.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced plans to connect another 1.3 million homes and businesses to the NBN.
Australia’s political parties should bring policies to the September federal election to boost Australia’s ICT industry, says the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).
