Welcome back to the CommsDay Live podcast.(00:50) We have an extended chat with the Australian technology entrepreneur Bevan Slattery about his latest project - an undersea fibre cable connecting Western Australia to the Middle East - as well as his views on the geopolitical issues with cables in East Asia and what the regulatory backlash against the FAANG companies might lead to. We also discuss physical security issues around internet infrastructure.(26.40) We talk to CommsDay executive editor Rohan Pearce about spectrum developments over new year, innovation initiatives in 5G and a new entrant in the mmWave sector.(32.02) We talk to CommsDay chief editor Simon Dux about Telstra's latest 5G milestone and a big distance breakthrough with NBN's wireless trials.