Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has continued to evolve to a point where its use and application is both impressive and ubiquitous. ICT is able to solve a wide range of social human challenges and issues. The technology is able to link people from all over the world, facilitate scientific discovery and break-through, and is...

This paper suggests that the forgotten domain of the complex and vigorous debates about the future of higher speed broadband in Australia is the experience and expectations of users and consumers with broadband. Research to date about such user experiences, especially in Australia, has essentially concentrated on Internet services and mainly with narrowband users. Yet...

Many countries are in the process of converting their terrestrial television services from analog to digital transmission. Several different approaches have been adopted for the switchover with different apparent results. Spectrum is a scarce resource and delays in the switch off can have major effects on economic welfare as the spectrum tied up in analog...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today published a final determination made in the arbitration of a dispute over access to the Line Sharing Service (LSS). The LSS, declared on 30 August 2002, allows two carriers to provide separate services over a single metallic pair or line. The final determination specifies certain of the terms...

The 2003 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) study of Disability and Carers in the Australian population found that one-in-five Australians reported living with a disability - close to 4 million Australians. Over 6 per cent - 1.2 million Australians - reported a profound or severe level of core activity limitation. The ABS also recognises an...