Telecommunications
Alternative labels
Telecommunication systems
Telecommunication policy
Communication technologies
Telecommunication and networks
Conference paper
The Convergence Review
Think of convergence like this: A few years ago we watched TV in the lounge; maybe listened to radio in a bedroom, your newspaper arrived on the front steps, you talked to friends on the phone, and had a stack of video tapes on the shelf. Everything was neatly separated, not only in your house...
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Sharing more than bandwidth: online collaboration in the era of the National Broadband Network
This paper positions the software tool Adobe Connect, one of a suite of web services provided by the Adobe technology company, within the NBN-enabled services paradigm, and reports on the way it is being used to extend classroom learning in a NSW high school.
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There's an App for that
This paper explores the evolution and landscape of the App, what governs and regulates the App and the App market now, what might be missing and explore some possible future outcomes and thoughts for the current convergence review. It considers the question, Is the App the first truly converged 'device'?
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The Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC): a 1960s trend setter for GBE reform
Microeconomic reform is often dated to the 1980s and occasionally to the mid 1970s picking up important reforms from the Whitlam era. A key phase in this reform period was the corporatisation of Government Business Enterprises (GBEs) which commenced from about 1985. These reforms had efficiency as their core objective and were a necessary precondition...
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Why we need ACMA leadership to avoid bad NBN user outcomes
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is probably the most important Australian public infrastructure project we will see in our lifetime. It offers huge potential social & economic benefits, and a future-proof technology: optical fibre to the premises (FTTP), with a working lifetime of 30 to 50 years, capable of progressive upgrading to support access speeds...