Episodes
Friday Oct 30, 2020
#10 Special CommsDay Summit episode
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
In this special edition of CommsDay Live we recap the CommsDay Summit this week which featured 30 speakers and attracted 300 delegates in person at the Fullerton Hotel, Sydney and online via a video stream.
[1.25] We hear from communications minister Paul Fletcher who vigorously defends the NBN multi technology mix and the financial prudence behind its new $4.5b network upgrade
[8.52] Shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland disagreed and provided her explanation as to why she thinks NBN Co is on the wrong path
[12.55] Telstra CFO Vicki Brady warned that the economics of the fixed broadband market are unsustainable and called for NBN pricing relief
[16.11] Vocus GM Government and Special Projects Michael Ackland said that the coming arrival of LEOsats will hit the industry before it knows it
[19.58] CommsDay chief editor Simon Dux discusses Ericsson's estimates of 5G uptake, what Optus had to say on 5G and Telstra's release of its latest Digital Inclusion Index
[25.00] CommsDay executive editor Rohan Pearce discusses ACMA's call at the Summit for an end to co-regulation and a licensing regime for service providers, what TPG Telecom plans for 5G and what MNF thinks can be improved about the numbering regime.