Who picks up the bill when change occurs? Whether it’s governments building networks like the NBN in Australia, an FCC tax on international traffic into the US, or a charge against content providers from European service providers; all have unintended consequences.

When he’s not insulting the Prime Minister, shock-jock Alan Jones is busy ensuring that his listeners avoid the intricacies of the debate on publicly funded broadband.

Phone companies have allowed over-the-top players to roll over their turf. But customers are fickle, and, with a more innovative approach, they can soon claim back their home-ground advantage.

SingTel has launched 4G in Australia, but beyond this infrastructure play it faces the same question as every other telco: what next?

Barrister and human rights campaigner Julian Burnside says that we shouldn’t be giving more powers to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, given that the body is unaccountable.

The government wants to give access to more telecommunications data to assist with law enforcement. It sounds like an infringement on civil liberties. Will it be able to push it through?

New Zealand’s broadband network has been held up as an example for Australia. But is it as good as some might think?

We talk about the NBN with those who are in the know – people who are actually using services over the network.

Telstra’s mobile network delivered a strong result for the telco this morning, but NBN Co’s fixed-line solution will cost more and take longer than expected.

What will happen if Telstra starts rolling out fibre-to-the-node VDSL services?