Telecoms & Broadband Business Newsletter - June 2010

Publication Overview

Australia's first newsletter on national and international management and business applications in broadband, voice, data and video communication. Trends and developments in telecommunications, wireless communication, broadband and data services, fibre-to-the-home and satellite-based services. It describes business opportunities and provides updates on deregulation in the Australasian region and around the globe.

Executive Summary

Editorial - UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development

All the hard work around the promotion of the trans-sector concept in relation to broadband infrastructure is now paying off. 

You may recall that I met the ITU Secretary-General, Hamadoun Toure, in October last year. He was immediately enthusiastic about the idea and put his personal weight behind the development of this project. 

On 10 May the ITU and UNESCO announced the establishment of a top-level Broadband Commission for Digital Development. This Commission will define strategies for accelerating broadband rollout worldwide, and will examine applications that could see broadband networks improve the delivery of a huge range of social services related to healthcare, education, environmental management, safety and many other areas. 

The new Commission will comprise some 30 top names from around the world, representing, not just technology leaders, but leaders from across a wide range of business and social sectors. It is co-chaired by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Mr Carlos Slim Hélu, Honorary Lifetime Chairman of Grupo Carso. ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré and UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, will serve as joint vice-chairs. 

I have been asked to write the main report for the Commission, which I have accepted on a pro bono basis. 

Similarly to the way I organised the trans-sector and broadband reports that were produced for the governments in Australia, USA and New Zealand, I have gathered together a group of experts who will help me with this task. We will use a closed section on the UN website to obtain input, not just from experts from the developed world but from those in developing countries also.

Paul Budde

Table of Contents

• 1. EDITORIAL
  • 1.1 UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development
• 2. STRATEGIES
  • 2.1 NBN Implementation study launched – first analysis
  • 2.2 Analysis of the Australian Opposition’s broadband policies
  • 2.3 Greenfields and the Implementation Study
  • 2.4 ICT and the May Budget
  • 2.5 How to get from copper to fibre
  • 2.6 Telecom problems a warning for New Zealand
  • 2.7 Can we fast-track the digital economy?
  • 2.8 The collapse of complex businesses
  • 2.9 Rapidly shrinking telco values
  • 2.10 No business case for FttH to sell TV
• 3. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  • 3.1 Unified communication market to top US$1 billion by 2013
  • 3.2 Asian telecoms market at a glance
  • 3.3 Italian telcos gear up for complementary fibre network
• 4. WIRELESS MARKETS
  • 4.1 WiMAX market strong growth in 2010
  • 4.2 Mobile broadband cards
  • 4.3 Mobile Broadband is building global momentum
  • 4.4 Others will follow the mobile meltdown in Korea
  • 4.5 Mobile operators and the broadband boom
  • 4.6 Mobile boom bigger than expected
  • 4.7 LTE market accelerating
  • 4.8 New record for wires data transmission
• 5. SMART GRID
  • 5.1 Solar farm could help power Australia
  • 5.2 Home electricity monitoring application
  • 5.3 Point-to-multipoint significant driver of microwave backhaul market
• 6. DIGITAL ECONOMY
  • 6.1 The Australian Digital Entertainment and Media Market
  • 6.2 Will T-Hub be able to make a difference?
  • 6.3 Mobile e-health for aged carers
  • 6.4 Relaxing online gambling rules?
  • 6.5 Cloud Communications Alliance
  • 6.6 Near Field Communications and m-commerce
• 7. BRIEFS
  • 7.1 Medibank buys online health provider
  • 7.2 Australiana search engine
  • 7.3 Google to introduce TV software
  • 7.4 Broadband over Powerline deployment shuts down
  • 7.5 Regulators or the Mafia?