CommsDay Live

#89 FibreconX CEO Mark Rafferty

In this edition, we chat with Mark Rafferty, the CEO of FibreconX and we hear from communications minister Michelle Rowland who delivered the Charles Todd Oration today.

#88 Telstra chair John Mullen on the big corporate restructure

In this episode we hear some of the highlights of Telstra chairman John Mullan's statements at this week's AGM and we talk about the news of the week with CommsDay chief editor Simon Dux

#87 The Optus data breach and what’s happening at Ribbon

This week Grahame Lynch talks about the Optus data breach and we hear from Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, communications minister Michelle Rowland and treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Grahame also talks with the visiting SVP from Ribbon Communications, David Hiscock.

#86 What Telstra’s Vicky Brady, shadow minister Sarah Henderson and ACCC said at ACCANect

This week we listen in to Telstra CEO Vicky Brady and shadow minister Sarah Henderson at the annual ACCAN event, discuss the rather bleak view of the ACCC of the telco sector and discuss Australian plays on satellite-to-mobile. We return in two weeks

#85 Telstra’s Michael Ackland talks sports partnerships

Telstra made two big tech announcements this week around the AFL and NRL rights. We get the lowdown from Simon Dux who interviewed Telstra CFO Michael Ackland.

#84 New Telstra CEO Vicki Brady | Telegeography | Nokia | Senator Jim Molan

In this episode of CommsDay Live:

* what Telstra CEO Vicki Brady said in her first speech in the role
* Senator Jim Molan talks physical threats to telecom infrastructure
* Telegeography analyst Marvin Tan on trans Pacific capacity
* Nokia President of Network Infrastructure Federico Guillen on supply chain issues

#83 Telstra CEO Andy Penn on the cyber threat environment, Optus’ Gladys Berejiklian on bush telecoms

In this edition we play the highlights of Telstra CEO Andy Penn's NPC address on cybersecurity and what Optus' Gladys Berejiklian said at the Daily Telegraph Bush Summit in Griffith.

#82 TPG Telecom CEO Inaki Berroeta on 1H results, Symbio CEO Rene Sugo talks NBN futures

In this week's podcast, Grahame Lynch discusses the latest TPG Telecom results with CEO Inaki Berroeta and does a deep dive into the future of the NBN Co with Symbio CEO Rene Sugo

#81 FY results from NBN Co and Telstra: what the execs said

Both Telstra and NBN Co released their financial results this week. We hear from Michael Ackland, Brendon Riley and Andy Penn of Telstra about fixed wireless, national fibre trunk and network sharing topics while we also have an extended chat with NBN CEO Stephen Rue about his results.

#80 The sesqui-centenary of the Overland Telegraph Cable: Australia’s first telecom engineering wonder

In this special edition of Commsday Live, we chat with Julian Todd, the great great grandson of Sir Charles Todd, who pioneered the overland telegraph cable from Adelaide to Darwin which connected the Australian colonies to the world for the first time. This month sees the 150th anniversary of this massive 19th century engineering feat.