CommsDay Live

#30 CommsDay Summit 2021's Great 5G Panel

This week we held The Great 5G Panel at CommsDay Summit. 

The MC was Steve Cannane from the ABC and the panelists were:

• Telstra network engineering executive Ash Hunter
• Optus director, network planning, access & quality Kent Wu
• TPG Telecom GM wireless transmission network Yago Lopez 
• Nokia Oceania CTO Rob Joyce
• VMWare Telco Solutions Architect APJC Arul Dharmalingam
• Ericsson acting head of network solutions ANZ James Evans
  
  

2.00 The big inversion of 5G is coming - how will it change industries and the economy?

15.30 What is the role for open cloud and open RAN in 5G networks?

29.05 There is a push for a cloud native 5G core - is this achievable or even desirable?

35.00 What does standalone 5G mean for the mobile network? Why is it important?

42.05 How can 5G improve revenue and can it claim a share of the wallet spend currently dedicated to fixed broadband?

#29 Telstra CEO Andy Penn talks mmWave, NBN Co's Brad Whitcomb & Ken Walliss on their new pricing strategy

In this edition of CommsDay Live we talk with:

* Telstra CEO Andy Penn about the operator's spectrum win in the mmWave band
* CommsDay chief Simon Dux about Pentanet, the WA ISP who bought 5G spectrum in Perth
* NBN Co's CCO Brad Whitcomb and EGM, commercial Ken Walliss on the operator's new pricing review paper and its plan to work with the ACCC on future initiatives
* CommsDay executive editor Rohan Pearce talks about RSP reaction to the NBN's paper

#28 Cradlepoint's Gavin Wilson on LTE and 5G in the enterprise

In CommsDay Live this week:

* we speak with executive editor Rohan Pearce on Telstra's payphone setback plus an extended dissertation on its marketing strategy from its CMO
* we have an extended chat with Cradlepoint AP MD Gavin Wilson on the role of LTE and 5G in the enterprise
* we chat with chief editor Simon Dux on new regional communications funding and the rise and rise of ribbon fibre

#27 Matt Tett on the development of an IoT security mark scheme

In this episode we talk to:

* CommsDay chief editor Simon Dux on the entry of Samsung into the Australian 5G network market and momentum building for an Australia-Antarctica submarine cable
* Enex TestLab's Matt Tett on the development of an IoT device security mark scheme
* CommsDay executive editor Rohan Pearce on bad telco behaviour with financially distressed customers and the latest from Aussie Broadband

#26 OneQode's Matt Shearing on the opportunities in optimising latency for gamers

In this week's CommsDay Live we speak to:

* OneQode CEO Matt Shearing about the new gaming hub it has established in Guam which seeks to equalise latencies for gamers across the region

* CommsDay's Simon Dux on a new public safety mobile broadband trial and reforms in datacentre planning approvals in NSW

* CommsDay's Rohan Pearce on Telstra's treatment of indigenous customers and the end of pandemic co-operation between NBN Co and its RSPs

 

#25 CommsDay's Grahame Lynch & Simon Dux discuss the week's news

In this special diet edition of CommsDay Live, Grahame Lynch and Simon Dux look at:

* proposed new space launch fees that have Australian companies worried
* A new CBRE survey that says positive things about the Australian DC investment outlook
* Deloitte's take on telcos and hyperscalers
* New telecom regulatory officials at the ACCC, and
* NBN Co getting close to urban planning authorities

#24 ViaSat's John Janka on the issues with satellite interference in space

In this episode of CommsDay Live we talk with:

* Viasat chief officer, global government affairs John Janka tells us about its dispute with SpaceX and what the actual issues are with co-ordination of competing satellite constellations

* We dissect the MIRA/Aware takeover bid for Vocus with Simon Dux

* We talk about the ACCC's latest probe on Google and ACMA's plans to introduce spectrum management reform

#23 Equinix Australia MD Guy Danskine

In the latest CommsDay Live, we have an extended chat with Equinix Australia MD Guy Danskine about the DC firm's worldwide bare metal release as well his view on what's happening in the local market.

And we also take a look at the management team behind GigaComm, Nokia's new innovation lab in Sydney and the Australian MVNO wars.

#22 Vocus CEO Kevin Russell and Telstra InfraCo fibre executive Kathryn Jones

In this week's episode of CommsDay Live:

* we feature an extended interview with Vocus CEO Kevin Russell for his take on their latest results and his thoughts on the activity around fibre consolidation and investment

* we exclusively interviewed Telstra InfraCo fibre executive Kathryn Jones on the release of metro dark fibre as a product - an announcement which certainly had the sector buzzing

* we hear from TPG CEO Inaki Berroeta on plans to move some of its NBN customers onto its wireless net - and get chief editor Simon Dux's take,

* and we talk to executive editor Rohan Pearce about the MNF results and RSP concerns about proposed broadband service standards

 

 

#21 Aussie Broadband MD Phil Britt and NBN CCO Brad Whitcomb

In this week's episode:

1) We have a chat with Aussie Broadband MD Phil Britt about stellar results, mobile plans, a new fibre and network core investment and thoughts on the NBN pricing review.

2) We hear from NBN CCO Brad Whitcomb on why NBN pricing is good value and Simon Dux looks at the fine detail of the pricing review and RSP reaction

3) Rohan Pearce looks local government concerns about 5G deployment and Telstra issues with ACCC broadband monitoring