Cross Talk with Phil Dobbie gives you the inside track on what's happening in the Aus/NZ telecommunications industry.
Latest episodes
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Why Verizon wants to buy AOL
Earlier this week Verizon announced that it plans to buy AOL in a deal worth $4.4 billion. So what are they after?
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31 min ↗
Why the sudden need for scale?
iiNet will soon be bought. Vocus and Amcom are set to merge. Should the ACCC take the blame for consolidation in telco-land?
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30 min ↗
Admit it, the Kiwis got it right on broadband
Australia and New Zealand embarked on high speed broadband roll-outs around the same time. Their approach, it seems, is cheaper, faster – with more reliance - and has been quicker…
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27 min ↗
Price could kill the NBN, not the speed
NBN detractors only seem to question whether it’ll deliver the speed we demand. It’s less of an issue than the question of price.
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Is the NBN Fast Enough For Home Workers
Is the NBN being designed in a way that will boost productivity by encouraging more of us to work from home?
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31 min ↗
How Dallas Buyers Lost the Battle They Won
In a high profile court case, it looks like a Hollywood studio has won a battle on copyright. But have they lost the war?
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27 min ↗
Will you be paying for Netflix, whether you want to or not?
Netflix will place huge peak time demand on broadband networks. That means more capacity is needed. Who will pay for it?
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33 min ↗
Website blocking: the easy way to protect copyright, but does it work?
The government has introduced a new Bill that will enable the blocking of websites that are believed to contravene copyright. Will it work?
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32 min ↗
iiNet takeover the least of our competitive worries
Despite protestations from The Greens it seems highly unlikely that the ACCC will reject TPG’s $1.4 billion takeover of iiNet. It simply creates another sizeable player to challeng…
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31 min ↗
What price, the last mile?
This week the ACCC reached a draft decision on how much access seekers should pay Telstra for fixed line services on Telstra’s network. As usual, everyone is disappointed.
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33 min ↗
Racing to the data retention finish line
The data retention bill is about to be passed. The consequences include less competition, reduced press freedom and, many would argue, an invasion of your privacy.
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31 min ↗
The anti-piracy three strikes code
The telecommunications industry has released a draft code to help tackle online copyright infringement. Have telcos and copyright holders reached a happy compromise?
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27 min ↗
Thodey's Last Stand
David Thodey has announced he is stepping down from his role as CEO of Telstra, to be replaced by CFO Andrew Penn. So, what has he inherited?
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28 min ↗
Open-ended data retention legislation weeks away
The Prime Minister expects the revised data retention legislation to pass both houses of parliament in the middle of next month. Should we be concerned?
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24 min ↗
How will the Data Retention Bill work?
It was tabled in government late last year, now a parliamentary committee is set to report on their findings. So, are they any the wiser?
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31 min ↗
The Price of Competition
Last April NBNCo chief Bill Morrow floated the idea that a levy should be charged to infrastructure competitors to subsidise the cost of broadband delivery to regional Australia. L…
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Malcolm Turnbull on the NBN Telstra/Optus Deals and Beyond
The definitive agreement between NBNCo and Telstra means the government gets a lot of fixed line assets to help fast-track its national network, but with wireless innovation could…
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The risk of reaching the last three percent
There are few things that Labor and the Coalition agree on – one is that satellite is the only way to provide broadband access to the most far-flung Aussie residents. But launching…
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25 min ↗
Is the USO an expensive irrelevance?
Irrespective of who your provider is you pay Telstra, through your telco, to provide phone access across the country. When NBNCo provides the infrastructure everywhere, you'll stil…
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Doesn't a 2030 Vision Need Fibre?
A consortium of interests is staging a convention early in the new year to talk about the future of communications in Australia, establishing a vision for 2030. Surely, that far ou…