This report presents findings from the third survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project, conducted in late 2013. This report provides an overview of the study, presenting a broad picture of the Internet in Australia, with comparisons to our earlier 2007, 2009 and 2013 studies, and to the international findings of our...

The purpose of this review is to ensure Australia's spectrum policy and management framework framework will serve the country well into the future, and to examine what policy and regulatory changes are needed to meet current challenges. Introduction On 23 May 2014 the Minister for Communications, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, announced a review of...

More than half a million households, businesses, schools and health centres are now able to connect to the New Zealand Government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband network, which continues to rollout ahead of schedule. The report shows the UFB programme is about 7 per cent ahead of schedule. Over the three months to 30 June 2014, a further...

Minister for Communications Media Release: The Government has today asked for industry and public submissions on a draft carrier licence condition for networks that supply superfast carriage services to residential customers. Following the announcement by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on 11 September 2014 on TPG's plan to roll out a fibre-to-the-basement (FTTB)...

Overview: Since the early 2000s and the rapid rise of the Internet and broadband as platforms for the digital economy and online society, successive Australian Governments have grappled with the issue of how to achieve investment in next generation broadband networks capable of supporting future user needs.