The NBN board has been formed, headed by an elusive (at least to the media) Mike Quigley and a more accessible Doug Campbell.
Doug headed Telstra Countrywide and the telco’s Networks and Technology division, making him one of two people on the board with technological experience. The other is Quigley himself, whose background includes 30 years with Alcatel and Alcatel-Lucent.
Members of the newly formed NBN board are holding their inaugural meeting this week. This will be the first time all board members will have met each other. Doug Campbell, a member of the NBN board and chairman of the Tasmanian NBN, says that building the team that will deliver the solution will be on most board members’ minds.
In this week’s Twisted Wire we talk to Campbell about the board and the task in hand. Added to that you’ll hear the thoughts of a former colleague of his, Rosemary Howard. Rosemary headed Telstra’s wholesale division and today heads executive programs at the Australian Graduate School of Management
As you’ll hear, it sounds like the commercial viability of some of the government’s estimates are one of Doug Campbell’s concerns. He says there’s no doubt that for the economy there is a strong business case. So what about plans to privatise it in 13 years? “I think it’s a long way off and there will be a lot of water under the bridge before we get there,” he says.
In a wide ranging discussion we hear his views on Telstra’s involvement in the NBN and the work ahead for NBN Co. For his apple-isle solution Campbell is, of course, working to a tighter time frame than the mainlanders.Tech Budgets 2019: A CXO’s GuideLearn where business leaders will spend their tech budgets in 2019 and what their top priorities are. Also get valuable advice for putting your IT dollars to good use.Sponsored by Google Cloud Platform
Tasmania, he says, is the “location that will determine how this whole network will work, particularly the operations and business support systems”. That’s an aspect he finds particularly exciting. Perhaps it’s because he’ll be working from scratch with no legacy systems. For a man who’s spent a large part of his working life inside Telstra that must be like a breath of fresh air. And if you want fresh air, Tasmania is certainly the place to go!
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