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June 10, 2022 #73 Free NBN from CBA & new builds from Marchnet and NextHop
Grahame Lynch talks about the news of the week with Rohan Pearce and Simon Dux including free NBN from the CBA for some loan customers, new builds from Marchnet and Nexthop, and the latest in Victorian government telco funding
18 min
June 03, 2022 #72 Telstra raises mobile prices, opposition to Telstra-TPG mobile pact
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
21 min
May 27, 2022 #71 Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and CFO Michael Venter on their annual results
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
30 min
May 20, 2022 #70 Oliver Wyman’s Steven Hall on its new global telco consumer survey
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
22 min
May 13, 2022 #69 Comms minister Paul Fletcher and shadow comms minister Michelle Rowland
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.
24 min
May 06, 2022 #68 CommsDay Summit special: what Vocus, Optus, Symbio, IAA and TPG said
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.
24 min
April 08, 2022 #67 NEC’s Patrick Lopez talks Open RAN
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.

27 min
April 01, 2022 #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

25 min
March 25, 2022 #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

31 min
March 18, 2022 #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

35 min

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