The debate surrounding Australia’s broadband future took an interesting turn last week when the Federal Opposition unveiled its alternative broadband plan. Offering slower speeds but at a faster pace of implementation than the current NBN, the plan drew a mostly negative response from industry observers. I’ve got strong views on the importance of broadband to Australia’s future, […]
In just a couple of decades the internet has become ingrained in our lives, to the point where many of us take it for granted – somewhat like electricity. We take out our favourite device, and there it is. But what if the Internet were to stop working? This article carried in Fairfax media asks […]
Each year the Intelligent Community Forum searches the world for those communities that provide a model of economic and social development in the 21st Century using information and communications technology. The Top Seven for this year have just been announced – although unfortunately none of the nominated cities are from Australia (or indeed, from the […]
A new report from the Australian Industry Group and Deloitte has highlighted the gap that exists between many Australian business’ awareness of the benefits of broadband and their readiness to take advantage of new broadband networks and technologies. The survey of 540 chief executives in manufacturing, services and construction industries asked about business investment in […]
The City of Chattanooga in the US state of Tennessee stands as a beacon to regional centres around the world who hope for a better future for their communities through deployment if high-speed broadband. Chattanooga was the first city in the US to adopt fixed-line broadband at speeds of 1 gigabit per second across the […]
New research released by Google and IPSOS Research has confirmed Australia’s love affair with smartphones. Australia now ranks second in the world in terms of smartphone penetration, with 37 percent of people owning one. Despite this high ranking, there is still daylight between Australia and the global smartphone leader, Singapore, which has achieved 62 percent […]
Thanks to a flurry of recent research, we now have a much clearer picture of just how much influence the Internet is having on Australian business and the economy generally. A new report from Deloitte Access Economics and Google shows for the first time just how big the contribution really is. More information in this […]
In May 2011, Mio Ristic and the team at Digital Video Vault captured part of Brad Howarth’s presentation on A Faster Future to ICT Geelong, and also recorded this interview talking about the impact of high-speed broadband on video marketing. Digital Video Vault is one of the many emerging companies that are taking advantage of […]
Issue #66 of Geare magazine is out now and features a terrific article by Neerav Bhatt explaining Australia’s National Broadband Network, how it is being built and what it is trying to achieve. Neerav goes into detail about the fibre technology being used and the alternatives, the cost, and the implications for consumers. He stops […]
SMH.com.au journalist Ben Grubb this morning published this interview and review of A Faster Future. In it Ben looks in detail at many of the topics and concepts covered in A Faster Future, while asking the question of what will be the “killer app” for the National Broadband Network. Many of the topics are similar […]