Market Clarity News and Commentary
MARKET CLARITY IN THE NEWS
13 December 2011
Sen Stephen Conroy: National Press Club Address
05 December 2011
Voice and Data: Carrier ethernet becomes a de facto standard for the cloud
21 November 2011
CNBC: Datacentre Transformation "Changes Economies and Business Models"
07 November 2011
Computerworld: NBN Co's fixed CVC pricing comes under criticism, again
20 September 2011
Telecom Paper: Broadband value better in Australia than New Zealand - study
20 September 2011
Yahoo! New Zealand Business: Broadband deals still better over the ditch
20 September 2011
The Dominion Post: Aussies get better broadband value than Kiwis
20 September 2011
Business Day: Broadband value still over ditch
19 September 2011
Rural Connect: Look over the Ditch for the broadband way ahead
19 September 2011
Idealog: Pesky trans-Tasman broadband gap persists
16 September 2011
Computerworld NZ: NZ telco market catching up to Australia: report
14 September 2011
Geekzone: Are Kiwi ISPs catching up with Australia?
14 September 2011
Computerworld: Competition driving down NZ broadband prices
14 September 2011
iTWire: Kiwi ISPs bridging broadband gap with Australia
15 June 2011
Computerworld: Southern Cross Cable director answers the critics
15 June 2011
Geekzone: Southern Cross committed to Ultra Fast Broadband and National Broadband Network
25 May 2011
Smart Company: Report claims expensive wireless networks mean wired better alternative for NBN
24 May 2011
Business Video News: Price gap denies wireless win over wired
24 May 2011
Computerworld: Cost of mobile broadband up to 1333 times fixed services
23 May 2011
CRN: Huge mobile broadband charges boost NBN case
23 May 2011
Gizmodo: Mobile Broadband Can Cost Up To 1,333 Times Fixed Line Broadband
23 May 2011
iTWire: How to pay $1m per gigabyte for mobile data...
23 May 2011
ARN: Analyst-Mobile broadband up to 1333 times more expensive than fixed-line broadband
18 May 2011
The Drum, ABC News 24: John Barron hosts a discussion panel show about the NBN
19 April 2011
ZDNet: NBN won't kill 1TB plans - NBN Co
11 April 2011
News Blaze: TATA detects sweet spot in Cloud services to SMEs at NetEvents APAC Summit
10 April 2011
Video: NetEvents Summit - Unified Communications, The Marriage of Next Generation Devices and Appliances
17 March 2011
The Register: Download data versus piracy claims: the figures don't add up
10 March 2011
ZDNet: Twisted Wire - The need for more air
23 February 2011
ZDNet: Vodafone upgrade keeps it in LTE race
22 February 2011
Delimiter: VHA network investment FTW, say analysts
22 February 2011
Communications Alliance calls for a National Digital Economy Roadmap
15 February 2011
The Australian: Service providers wring more speed out of copper networks
28 January 2011
Gizmodo: What Happened With The NBN This Week?
25 January 2011
Computerworld: Download shortages no argument against NBN
16 January 2011
iTWire: Broadband users have more gigabytes than they know what to do with
13 January 2011
Broadband Expert: Australians only use small percentage of monthly broadband quota
12 January 2011
Lifehacker: How Often Do You Exceed Your Monthly Broadband Quota?
12 January 2011
ARN: Gap between broadband data allowance and data usage widens
12 January 2011
PC and Tech Authority: What will we do with all that download quota when the NBN rolls down our street?
11 January 2011
Delimiter: Australians using just 15 percent of broadband quota
11 January 2011
ZDNet: Aussies only use 15% of broadband quota
11 January 2011
iTWire: Australians using just 15 percent of broadband quota
26 November 2010
ARN: Telco NBN bill passes Senate - what now
02 November 2010
ARN: How reasonable is Turnbull's NBN Transparency Bill?
26 October 2010
The Australian: NBN could compete with backhaul providers
24 August 2010
The Australian: NBN gets mixed reviews in vital seats
24 August 2010
The Australian: NBN important to regions 'but you can't eat it'
19 August 2010
ARN: 1TB plans: That's huge, but who's going to use it?
29 July 2010
ARN: ISPs doubt impact of new Australia-US fibre link
20 July 2010
Computerworld: What the ICT industry wants: Telecommunication analysts
12 July 2010
Computerworld: Analysts back upgrade to APCN2
05 July 2010
Computerworld: Telstra fibre not enough: NBN Co
23 June 2010
Computerworld: Telstra-NBN Co deal opens up 6m kms of fibre
26 March 2010
Tech Target ANZ: The world of contestable backhaul
25 March 2010
Computerworld: NBN implementation study won't be anything new - Analysts
15 January 2010
ZDNet: Exetel on ACMA: No demand for 100Mbps
14 December 2009
ZDNet: Tassie NBN Co ditches Aurora JV
10 December 2009
ZDNet: Conroy's Broadband Future Conference: Photos
14 October 2009
ARN: Analysts - Court case will make no difference
01 September 2009
CNET: Can Vodafone close the rural 3G gap?
31 August 2009
ARN: NBN Survey - FttP is the best option in the long term
27 August 2009
ARN: NBN Survey - Seven top ICT analysts think the NBN will be worth the money spent
14 July 2009
Telstra Wholesale e-Newsletter: Industry news and trends (Questionable link)
14 July 2009
SMH: Universal broadband a home run for most
08 July 2009
PRWire: Market Clarity releases results of Vocus Customer Survey
28 May 2009
The Age: A painless way to cut the cord
16 April 2009
Business Spectator: Clutching at fibres?
08 April 2009
AustralianIT: Home network 'future-proof'
08 April 2009
AustralianIT: Service to cost $100 a month
07 April 2009
ZDNet: NBN plan 'tantamount to Telstra separation'
06 April 2009
ZDNet: Why the VHA merger will boost competition
03 April 2009
News.com.au: Mobile coverage overstated by Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, and Hutchison - Market Clarity report
19 March 2009
ARN: ACMA's website blacklist leaking seen as a disappointing move
12 March 2009
Business Spectator: Black hole broadband
06 March 2009
CRN: Market City: Improving Australia's telco infrastructure
27 February 2009
CRN: Market Clarity launches Australian Telecom Infrastructure Atlas
26 February 2009
Download - Exchange Daily: Market Clarity publishes Atlas of telecoms infrastructure
26 February 2009
ZDNet: Next Telstra CEO must make peace
26 February 2009
Download - Communications Day: Market Clarity maps out Aussie telco networks
26 February 2009
iTWire: Market Clarity publishes Atlas of telecoms infrastructure
26 February 2009
CNET: Telstra CEO departing amid government animosity
25 February 2009
ATUG Focus: Infrastructure Atlas 2009
25 February 2009
iTWire: Mapping the Telecommunications Plumbing
25 February 2009
Hydrapinion: It's about the data - OK
21 February 2009
Tech iFeng: Research shows that consumers and manufacturers are not ready for the transition to IPv6 (Chinese version ONLY) (Questionable link)
20 February 2009
SmartCompany: VoIP: A smart idea takes hold
20 February 2009
iTWire: Consumer vendors not ready for IPv6: report
19 February 2009
The Communications Alliance has published a new research prepared by Market Clarity: Australia's IPv6 Readiness Study
04 February 2009
Kickstart Forum 2009: Kickstart 2009 Presentations - Market Clarity
27 January 2009
ARN: NBN expert panel info: Please sir, can I have some more?
25 January 2009
AFR: A faster route to bigger bills
23 January 2009
TechWorld: NBN: Analysts, industry divided on consortium speculation
12 December 2008
CRN: Opinion: High-speed ADSL2+ services drives broadband market
04 December 2008
Communcations Day: ADSL2+ fills the NB gap
03 December 2008
iTWire: With no NBN, ADSL2+ will drive the "next five years of broadband"
03 December 2008
MIS/Financial Review: Mobile broadband catching up
27 November 2008
CRN: Will IP VoIP sales grow in 2009?
25 November 2008
MIS/Financial Review: A faster route to bigger bills
15 September 2008
Search Networking: Comms Alliance to examine local IPv6 adoption
11 September 2008
Computerworld: Communications Alliance to look into Australia's IPv6 readiness
11 September 2008
Search Networking: SME VoIP Part Three: Service Provider Choices
26 August 2008
Australian IT: No quick fix on broadband for regions
05 August 2008
AFR: Price cuts still don't ring true
22 July 2008
Australian IT: Optus meltdown raises questions
16 July 2008
Computerworld: Optus sorry for meltdown, compensation could follow
04 July 2008
American Chamber of Commerce (SA), Independence Day Business Lunch: Future of Broadband in Australia
18 June 2008
iTnews: Market heats up for unified communications
14 June 2008
Australian IT: State bids could 'balkanise' broadband network
01 April 2008
Australian IT: Mobile broadband takes off
31 March 2008
MIS/Financial Review: The Scoop Podcast - Corporate VoIP still on hold?
17 March 2008
CNET: Australia's uncapped broadband data dream dies
06 March 2008
CRN: Is Conroy forgetting about OPEL?
25 February 2008
CRN: Market Clarity finds high ADSL availability in Australia (Questionable link)
19 February 2008
The Australian: Shara Evans, chief executive, Market Clarity
19 February 2008
NetworkPunk: Telstra opens the gate for high-speed broadband across the country
18 February 2008
ZDNet: Telstra needlessly denied consumers on ADSL2+
14 February 2008
The Australian: Telstra gains OPEL document access
07 February 2008
The Australian: Telstra revs up the internet (Questionable link)
05 February 2008
Computerworld: ISPs label OPEL a feeble overbuild of existing infrastructure
05 February 2008
The Australian: Labor broadband plan 'uneven' (Questionable link)
05 February 2008
ZDNet: Is OPEL overbuild good for Aussie broadband?
03 January 2008
ABC News Radio: Just weeks to go until the planned closure of the CDMA mobile phone network (audio: Shara Evans with John Barron) (Questionable link)
28 December 2007
ACCC: ACCC publishes exemption application from Telstra for the domestic transmission capacity service
21 December 2007
Computerworld: ACMA report identifies size of VoIP market in Australia
20 December 2007
ACMA: The Australian VoIP Market 2007
14 December 2007
The Australian: Optus speeds mobile rollout (Questionable link)
11 December 2007
The Australian: A country coming of age with 3G
06 December 2007
ZDNet: Look beyond Telstra to avoid broadband price-hike
27 November 2007
The Australian: Mixed messages flow from future
29 October 2007
The Dominion Post: NZ set to stagnate in broadband rankings
20 October 2007
ACCC launches public consultation on Telstra SAO exemption
02 October 2007
Computer Reseller News Cover Story: Wireless Broadband (Questionable link)
18 September 2007
The Australian: VoIP goes mainstream
14 August 2007
The Australian: Restructuring chaos catapults ISP
13 August 2007
Uecomm and Metro Ethernet Forum: MEF Celebrates Australian Debut New Member - Uecomm paves way for Carrier Ethernet drive
08 August 2007
itwire: Newspoll Survey Finds 21 percent of Consumers Have Switched Broadband Provider
24 July 2007
ZDNet: Optus uploads - A revolution in the making?
20 July 2007
Communications Alliance: The ACOMMS 2007 Winners (Questionable link)
17 July 2007
The Australian: Upload surge increases net costs
17 July 2007
The Australian: Hutchison mobile data price cut
13 July 2007
SBS News: ACCC has Google in its sight
13 July 2007
The Standard: Watchdog takes Google to court
12 July 2007
SMH: Australian regulator takes Google to court over sponsored links
12 July 2007
The Times of India: Oz regulator takes Google to court (Questionable link)
12 July 2007
Free Republic: Google faces landmark lawsuit over sponsored links
29 June 2007
ABC 7.30 Report: Questions raised over wireless broadband capabilities
27 June 2007
ACMA: Communications Infrastructure and Services Availability in Australia 2006-07
27 June 2007
ACMA: Key Statistics for the Australian Communications Industry
19 June 2007
Smart Company: What price fast broadband?
17 June 2007
itwire: VoIP - many different things to different people
17 June 2007
itwire: Developing standards for better VoIP services
12 June 2007
ABC Radio National: Australian broadband may drag down standard of living (Podcast and Transcript)
05 June 2007
thewest.com.au: Minnow plans big wireless net service (Questionable link)
05 June 2007
thewest.com.au: Minnow plans big wireless net service (Questionable link)
05 June 2007
The Australian: Optus gets into VoIP
04 June 2007
DSL Prime: Shara Evans — Numbers Need More Precision (Questionable link)
23 May 2007
itwire: Market Clarity hits back at OECD in broadband stats battle
18 May 2007
The Australian: Telstra appeal rejected (Questionable link)
18 May 2007
The Australian: Coonan challenges OECD broadband stats (Questionable link)
16 May 2007
Prime Minister of Australia - Interview
15 May 2007
itwire: OECD's shoddy broadband stats exposed
15 May 2007
Nyqyuist Capital: OECD Broadband Stats 'Clarified'
15 May 2007
The Australian: Broadband ratings lifted
01 May 2007
The Australian: Net plan to cut mobile costs (Questionable link)
26 April 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald: Roaming free
24 April 2007
itwire: Australian broadband growth rates falling back
19 April 2007
The Australian: It's time to come clean (Questionable link)
19 April 2007
itwire: ACCC to cease reporting broadband numbers
18 April 2007
Voice & Data: Questions for Labor's broadband costings
17 April 2007
The Australian: Labor broadband blowout (Questionable link)
04 April 2007
VoIP News: Infrastructure List Gets Mapping Capability
04 April 2007
ComputerWorld: Australia's telecom infrastructure report released
04 April 2007
Telecom TV: Researcher debunks global broadband rankings
04 April 2007
The Australian: 3G price freefall (Questionable link)
03 April 2007
Sen Helen Coonan: Comms Day Summit 2007 Speech (Questionable link)
30 March 2007
ComputerWorld: X-Series marks the spot for flat-rate mobile data
29 March 2007
ABC Radio National, Australia Talks show: Broadband or Fraudband? (Podcast)
28 March 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald: We're paying $1bn too much for our mobiles
28 March 2007
The Australian: Hutchison triggers 3G price war (Questionable link)
27 March 2007
Itwire: Labor's broadband plan - will 12Mbps be enough in 2012?
27 March 2007
The Australian: Rudd shoots too low (Questionable link)
26 March 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald: Roam if you want to
24 March 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald: Why stop a few metres short?
08 March 2007
The Australian: Skype downloads top 500m (Questionable link)
28 February 2007
The Age: Engin launches capped VoIP plans
13 February 2007
ComputerWorld: Unified comms the next tech nirvana
13 February 2007
ComputerWorld: VoIP users dig a grave for providers
13 February 2007
The Australian: VoIP providers slow to sign with watchdog (Questionable link)
12 February 2007
itwire: VoIP will be big, but revenues won't
12 February 2007
The Australian: VoIP minnows need to turn a dollar (Questionable link)
12 February 2007
itwire: Skype: biggest is not always best
06 February 2007
The Australian: Half-mill sign up to Next G (Questionable link)
26 January 2007
MIS: 3G steps up
19 January 2007
The Australian: Skype plans local push (Questionable link)
12 December 2006
The Australian: Telstra steals 3G show from rivals (Questionable link)
12 December 2006
The Australian: Working on the fly (Questionable link)
05 December 2006
The Age: Hung up on VoIP
29 November 2006
itWire: VoIP numbers game heats up
28 November 2006
The Australian: Making the switch to VoIP
28 November 2006
The Australian: Fast net for bush too hard
27 November 2006
Zycko: Residential VoIP important for technology's future
22 November 2006
Telecom Web: Broadband Revenue Slowdown Predicted Down Under (Questionable link)
22 November 2006
iTnews: Broadband slow down makes for tough sell
22 November 2006
Central IT: Stake sale ends Australia government control of telco
22 November 2006
Smarthouse: Broadband Market Worth $2 Billion A Year
21 November 2006
Itwire: How many VoIP providers are there really
21 November 2006
The Australian: Broadband performance not so bad (Questionable link)
21 November 2006
The Australian: Big 3G stoush expected next year
21 November 2006
Itwire: Broadband market now worth $2 billion but $$ growth slowing
21 November 2006
m-net: Aussie broadband generates $2b in 2006: report (Questionable link)
20 November 2006
Itwire: Bit players giving VoIP a bad name says Engin
14 November 2006
The Australian: Rivals scorn Telstra pricing (Questionable link)
08 November 2006
Equinix: Equinix To Host Annual Gigabit Peering Forum in Sydney Featuring Content and VoIP Peering Experts
06 November 2006
Voice & Data: False promises damage VoIP reputation
01 November 2006
Daily Research News: Telecoms Structure Databased Down Under
31 October 2006
VoIP News: Australia's Telecoms Infrastructure Catalogued
30 October 2006
Itwire: Australia's telecoms infrastructure databased
06 October 2006
The Australian: Optus to spoil Telstra launch with 3G promo
21 September 2006
Voice & Data: Is satellite still competitive?
18 September 2006
Shara Evans talks about the Aussie VoIP List on Tektime Radio on 97.1 3MDR Melbourne.
13 September 2006
BuyNetPlus: Is satellite still competitive? (Questionable link)
13 September 2006
m-net NZ: Aussies take to regional wireless broadband (Questionable link)
12 September 2006
CIO: Satellite broadband still nascent despite subsidie (Questionable link)
12 September 2006
iTnews: MVNOs give mobile services low priority
11 September 2006
Mobilised: Wireless broadband Recovers In Bush
29 August 2006
The Australian: Tune in, dial up, drop out (Questionable link)
21 August 2006
CRN: Making residential VoIP a viable proposition
09 August 2006
Australian Reseller News: Market Clarity lists VoIP providers
08 August 2006
VoIP News: 18 More Added To VoIP List
06 August 2006
Voice & Data: New VoIP list reflects growing number of providers
01 August 2006
PC World: Research firm hosts VoIP directory
31 July 2006
VoIP News: Market Clarity Lists All 180 VoIP Players
31 July 2006
VoIP Weblog: Largest Online Australian VoIP Directory from Market Clarity
25 July 2006
VoIP News: Shareholders Approve Extra Engin Funds
21 July 2006
VoIP News: Only 60% VoIP Providers In TIO Scheme
06 July 2006
VoIP News: ISPs Rival Pure Play VoIP Providers
16 May 2006
The Australian: VoIP picking up pace (Questionable link)
30 April 2006
Asterisk VoIP News: BroadIP boasts big surge of eager VoIP resellers
18 April 2006
The Age: Small businesses move to VoIP
28 March 2006
Australian Reseller News: iVox and PBA offer mobile VoIP
24 March 2006
Cellular News: End of the Australian Boom for Mobiles?
22 March 2006
itwire: The stormy voyage of the Irish Rover
22 March 2006
CRN: VoIP services to reach six million users
16 March 2006
itwire: Gloomy outlook on mobiles
02 March 2006
Telecommunications Industry News: Australian Wireless Internet Providers Meet Challenges
01 March 2006
ZDNet: ISPs drop wireless broadband options
28 February 2006
PC World: Aussies ditch fixed lines in favour of VoIP and mobile
21 February 2006
ZDNet: AAPT only half-priority for new chiefs