The attempt to link Telstra’s asbestos / NBN problem with the pink batts fiasco ignores the basic facts — and the Coalition’s own uncomfortable history on the issue. Think twice before you point the finger …
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Hold the panic: why it’s not really ‘death by NBN’
Critics are up in arms about the discovery of asbestos in pits and ducts used by the NBN. But has the federal government done anything wrong? Telecommunications expert Richard Chirgwin digs deeper into the issue.
READ MOREThe BBC-Foxtel deal is dud for Aussie viewers
The real losers in the new Foxtel-BBC deal will be the ABC — and by extension, the Australian TV-watching public.
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Turnbull’s copper magic, an almost-NBN policy
Whatever its flaws, Malcolm Turnbull’s broadband policy had dragged the Liberal Party a long way in recognising the importance of broadband. Has he removed a key reason not to vote Liberal with this policy?
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Tips and rumours
A mere $995 to drink with Rupert … senior ALP figure preparing to retire? … too many egos at Telstra spin bunker …
READ MOREIs privatisation next in Labor’s tattered playbook?
Even after 30 years, voters loathe privatisation. That may prove a potent weapon for Labor if it is prepared to dump its history on the issue.
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Geeks doubt motives of Telstra’s ‘shaping’ trial
Telstra says it’s speed-shaping trial of peer-to-peer internet traffic isn’t about copyright infringements but customer service and peak access. But users are highly cynical of the motives.
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Why Telstra plans to slow you down to fight online piracy
Telstra says it will trial slowing down its users at peak periods to discourage the use of peer-to-peer software. But will it cut piracy or just piss off its customers?
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The Power Index: biz directors, Catherine Livingstone at #2
The status of women on boards hasn’t shifted much since Catherine Livingstone successfully floated Cochlear for $127 million some 17 years ago. But now the Telstra chairman — the title sits fine with her — is leading the charge to bridge the boardroom gender divide.
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Foxtel, the new media titan, on track for $1b earnings?
Foxtel confirms it is not only the biggest and most profitable media company in Australia, but it is about to become even bigger and more profitable in the wake of the Austar takeover.
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Analyst forecasts grim for News Corp’s paper business
Goldman Sachs, one the two bankers handling the forthcoming News Corporation split, is forecasting a sharp fall in newspaper operating earnings in the 2013 financial year.
READ MORE‘It’s how we connect’: Telstra and the spy sites mystery
Telstra has been tracking the websites visited by Next G mobile customers and sending the data overseas to a Canadian company that supplies censorship systems to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
READ MORETV Now: Federal Court’s anti-consumer, anti-cloud decision
Today’s Federal Court decision on TV Now is a VCR decision for the internet age, but the key media players will be relieved, write Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer
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Bartholomeusz: NBN may go down to the wire
Once the $11 billion-plus deal between NBN Co, Telstra and the federal government was cleared, the path was clear for the acceleration of the national broadband network.
READ MOREThe productivity problem: why companies need to change
Eighty per cent of leading companies put productivity as a top business priority, however, only 19% measure it, according to the new study, writes Kath Walters of LeadingCompany.
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Telstra charges more and offers less to NBN customers
Telstra finally released prices for its NBN packages yesterday. But the telco giant has already been criticised for charging too much and delivering too little, reports Patrick Stafford.
READ MOREThinking of the kids as the net flattens information hierarchies
Attempts to legislatively address the TV Now “problem” will fail - and the solution is staring rights holders in the face.
READ MORERio Tinto, BHP results cloud mining tax bottom line
Just how much money will the government’s revised mining tax end up raising from the big players, ask Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane?
READ MOREA simple copyright amendment? Sports chiefs don’t understand
Our copyright law is a wondrous complex beast, and even apparently simple tweaks carry the potential for significant unintended consequences, writes Kimberlee Weatherall, an associate professor in Sydney University’s Faculty of Law.
READ MOREAFL, NRL appeal likely, but Optus TV ruling the right call
Justice Rares in the Federal Court yesterday cut a large chunk out of the value of sports broadcasting rights in new media by ruling that Optus is allowed to offer its TV Now Service, writes Kimberlee Weatherall.
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Bartholomeusz: penning a Telstra succession plan?
Yesterday, Andrew Penn emerged with one of the most interesting and challenging roles in corporate Australia, with Telstra announcing his appointment as chief financial officer. Is succession in the wind?
READ MORETurnbull overstating the uncommercial NBN case … mostly
Malcolm Turnbull is portraying Thursday’s Productivity Commission report on the NBN Co’s greenfield fibre rollouts as proof the National Broadband Network is anti-competitive and uncommercial. He’s massively overstating the case. Mostly.
READ MOREBartholomeusz: bracing for a local credit shock
There are at least two obvious routes through which the ongoing turmoil in European credit markets could be transmitted into this market and economy.
READ MOREMayne: Nasser, Murdoch sycophancy and the BHP-Billiton AGM
The BHP-Billiton AGM is the biggest event during the AGM season and only Telstra competes when it comes to serving up the lengthiest and craziest fare.
READ MOREHow the NBN came to my house (and how much faster it is)
The prospect of being connected to this high-speed broadband network in the next few months sent me scurrying for information, writes Amanda Gearing, a freelance journalist in Toowoomba.
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