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. 

In our last episode of the year we talk with Nokia's chief customer experience officer, Ricky Corker, an Aussie expat in North California who talks about how he sees the state of telecoms as we head into 2022.

Weeks ahead of his departure from NBN after eight years as chair, Grahame Lynch conducts an extensive interview with Dr Ziggy Switkowski about his record at the national operator and what lies ahead.

In this episode we hear from:

In this episode we hear from:

* Labor's Anthony Albanese and Michelle Rowland on their new NBN fibre plan, and

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison on his Critical Technologies Footprint

In this edition of CommsDay Live:

This week we have an extended discussion with Hawaiki CEO Remi Galasso about the proposed Nui cable which will connect Singapore, Indonesia, Northern and Eastern Australia, NZ's South Island and the US.

We also discuss Telstra's aggressive new play in 5G home broadband and issues with a new bill which may capture some in a regulatory net they don't want to be in.

In this week's episode:

In this episode:

In this episode: