CommsDay Live

#66 Incoming Telstra CEO Vicki Brady and auDA CEO Rosemary Sinclair

This week we have two feature interviews.

We catch up with Telstra's next CEO Vicki Brady who was announced as the successor to Andy Penn when he steps down later this year.

And we find out all about the new auDA domain range "direct AU" from CEO Rosemary Sinclair

#65 The debate around the NBN SAU + NBN’s new fixed wireless upgrade

In this week's podcast:

We revisit last week's CommsDay Melbourne Congress and the discussions on the impending process to update NBN Co's special access undertaking which governs its wholesale terms and conditions. We hear from ACCC commissioner Anna Brakey, NBN head of strategy and transformation Will Irving and Aussie Broadband MD Phil Britt.

And NBN Co's Gavin Williams takes us through the technology behind the $750 million fixed wireless upgrade announced this week

 

#64 CommsDay Melbourne Congress in review

This special episode of CommsDay Live features highlights from our Melbourne Congress.

We hear from:

Regional Communications Minister Bridget McKenzie

Telstra InfraCo CEO Brendon Riley

Optus VP regulatory and public affairs Andrew Sheridan

HyperOne CEO Bevan Slattery

Telstra network & infrastructure execIskra Nikolova

Optus VP Access Networks Strategy, Planning and Quality Kent Wu

TPG Telecom general manager Wireless & Transmission Network Yago Lopez

More from the Congress next week

 

#63 Technologist Kevin Bloch talks top ten ICT trends

This week's edition takes a step back from the latest news and looks at the two year horizon with technologist Kevin Bloch. What are the trends impacting telcos in areas such as edge, the metaverse, automation and hyperscale.

Kevin is best known for his 21 years as CTO with Cisco and he is now involved with a range of global ICT start-ups. Find out more at https://www.blochadvisory.com

 

#62 Telstra’s Nikos Katinikas on the view from MWC Barcelona

This week we have an extended chat with Telstra's GE networks and IT Nikos Katinikas on the view from MWC Barcelona and where mobile networks are heading.

We also catch up with Rohan Pearce for the week that was

#61TPG CEO Inaki Berroeta on the Telstra mobile sharing deal

In this episode, we chat with

* TPG Telecom CEO Inaki Berroeta on the regional mobile deal with Telstra
* Simon Dux about TPG's fixed network plans and Uniti results
* Rohan Pearce about the ACCC's latest data on NBN RSP market share and Aussie Broadband results

#60 NBN at Senate Estimates, Telstra’s 1H results

In this episode, we hear from NBN Co at Senate Estimates talking about the meteorite hit on its satellite and the status of its fibre upgrade plans as well as Telstra's 1H analyst call where it talked about conditions in a COVID-influenced market and what satellite might do to stem its costs in universal service areas.

 

#59 NBN CEO Stephen Rue

In this episode we discuss with:

* Chief editor Simon Dux the new tri band deployment at Optus Mobile and Megaport's stellar results
* Executive editor Rohan Pearce the new NBN wholesale rebates and latest developments in spectrum policy, and
* NBN CEO Stephen Rue the latest half yearly results at the firm

#58 Improving the gaming experience and all about the new Telstra fibre plans

In this episode we talk about:

* measuring gaming traffic and improving user experience with Canopus Networks CEO Dr Vijay Sivaraman
* Telstra's new fibre plans with executive editor Rohan Pearce and we hear from Telstra CEO Andy Penn direct

#57 Bob Mansfield on 30 years of Australian telecom competition

This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of Optus gaining the second telecom carrier license and the introduction of competition. We speak with the founding CEO of Optus, Bob Mansfield about those early days and times subsequent heading the boards at Telstra and Vocus.