Senate Select finds Tassie is in the dark
Next month the Senate Select Committee on the NBN will table its final report. It will reflect the views of 100 or so submitted documents and a series of public hearings.
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Phil Dobbie has a wealth of radio and business experience. He started his career in commercial radio in the UK and, since coming to Australia in 1991, has held senior marketing and management roles with Telstra, OzEmail, the British Tourist Authority and other telecommunications, media, travel and advertising businesses.
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NBN should be free, says economist
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The state of e-commerce in Australia
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Special edition Telstra break-up podcast
In a massive "special edition" of our telco podcast Twisted Wire, we talk to virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry about the break-up of Telstra, including man of the moment, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
Do SMBs want unified communications?
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Copyright protection without the court action
Will new business models cut down the amount of people breaking the law, reduce the market for pirates and remove the need for litigation?
Facts on the iiNet AFACT case
This week's Twisted Wire podcast looks at some of the claimed facts surrounding the controversial lawsuit against iiNet regarding copyright infringement by its customers.