CommsDay Live

In this episode, Grahame Lynch talks with Simon Dux about CPI-linked price rises in mobile and the creation of a new no 3 telco in New Zealand, as well as Rohan Pearce about opposition to the Telstra-TPG network sharing pact and a new role for the NSW Telco Authority

In this episode of CommsDay Live we hear from Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and CFO Michael Venter on their annual results, talk about the NBN SAU and Quad telecom developments with Rohan Pearce and China's latest foray into Pacific telecoms with Simon Dux

In this episode, we speak with Oliver Wyman partner Steven Hall about a new global telco consumer survey that has some interesting and perhaps contrarian findings about Australian consumers. We also discuss new sub cables and ground-to-air broadband networks with our editors Simon Dux and Rohan Pearce

It's the last week of the federal election campaign and this week we hear what comms minister Paul Fletcher and shadow comms minister Michelle Rowland had to say at CommsDay Summit last week. We also chat with Rohan Pearce about the latest regional comms grants and a rather extraordinary state government gift to solar eclipse watchers in Western Australia. 

In this week's podcast, Grahame Lynch recaps what the telcos said at CommsDay Summit this week about policy and regulation. With an election brewing there are concerns about investment disincentives and excessive regulation. We hear from Vocus CEO Kevin Russell, Symbio CEO Rene Sugo, Optus' Andrew Sheridan, IAA CEO Narelle Clark and TPG CEO Inaki Berroeta.

In this episode we have an extended chat with NEC VP Patrick Lopez from Canada about Open RAN as well as the week that was in Australian telecom news with Simon Dux and Rohan Pearce including Labor's new regional comms policy.

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

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

 

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

 

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