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Yesterday

NetComm created early Australian dial-up modems and was at one stage one of Australia’s most successful tech company.

After 43 years, local tech pioneer NetComm heads for the scrapheap

Modem maker NetComm Wireless was once a star of the local tech scene. But its Nasdaq-listed owner has filed for bankruptcy after a year of ownership.

This Month

New Optus boss Stephen Rue.

Optus considers bundling sports streaming with mobile plans

The Singaporean-owned group has been weighing up whether to sell off its streaming business, which holds the broadcast rights to English Premier League matches.

New chief Stephen Rue says making sure the Optus network is resilient and secure will be a priority.

Optus has had some horror years, but its new CEO is taking on Telstra

From overhauling the books at Melbourne Storm to war gaming the impact of COVID-19 on the NBN, Stephen Rue is a solutions guy. Optus is his next big challenge.

Board diversity should not be about ticking boxes to include “every possible minority group” says John Mullen.

Mullen is on the money on genuine board diversity

The right way forward is a proactive approach to genuine diversity that would rightly reject performative box-ticking.

Yasmine Amani is a senior leader in the payments and fintech industry.

The four actor ‘tricks’ giving executives more confidence

A university course run by actors is teaching executives how to communicate with a rock-star presence.

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February

Game of Thrones will move from Binge to Warner Bros. Discovery’s new Max streaming service from March 31.

Foxtel’s Binge to lose top-tier HBO shows from next month

International entertainment giant Warner Bros Discovery has announced the date its own Max streaming service will arrive in Australia.

The Federal Court has ruled against Telstra over broadband speeds.

Accenture and Telstra sign AI joint venture deal

Accenture and Telstra have formally signed a $700 million joint venture deal to create a new company to roll out artificial intelligence across the telco.

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.

Labor says it will back high-tech bush mobile phone satellite network

The proposed law would oblige and support companies like Telstra, Optus and TPG Telecom to extend coverage across the country even where there are no towers.

Telstra CEO Vicki Brady

‘Cement and extend’ dominance: Telstra spends $800m on mobile network

Shares rose after the telecoms giant said it will return $750 million to investors and posted a higher profit for the first half of the financial year.

What we learnt: Telstra’s mobile dominance is making investors say OMG

Telstra gets its balancing act right, Wesfarmers deregulates itself, Transurban goes for growth and Fortescue struggles to get its shiny project up and running.

Farhan Faruqui, CFO at ANZ, and Jane Kuang, Finance Executive at BHP.

Think you need to be an accountant to be a CFO? You don’t

Analysis primarily of biographies and LinkedIn profiles of ASX 50 chief financial officers found that just over 60 per cent cite professional accounting qualifications.

Telstra’s Vicki Brady says the AI revolution needs the right infrastructure.

Telstra mulls putting its $200m data centre business on the block

The telecoms giant has asked investment banks for their best ideas on what to do with the assets amid heightened demand for AI-adjacent infrastructure.

January

Kath Van Der Merwe from Telstra, Michelle Williams from Lottery,  christine Parker from Westpac, Jane Franks from ASX, Nicole Reid from Xero, Elisa Narone, from REA.

The workforce challenges keeping these HR bosses up at night

BOSS talks to six human resources executives about challenges they face in 2025. Rethinking diversity programs may not be one of them, but there are many others.

TPG Telecom boss Iñaki Berroeta is hoping to win customers away from Telstra

TPG turns on its Optus tie-up, hoping to steal Telstra customers

The company’s network-sharing agreement with its rival, signed off by competition regulators in September, will expand its coverage into regional areas.

Optus has objected to proposed new  laws designed to stop Australians getting spammed.

Optus says tough new scam rules are ‘unworkable’

New rules to stop scams are “unworkable and ineffective”, Optus says. But billionaire Andrew Forrest wants the government to go further.

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Cheap satellite calls could soon be coming to a phone near you

A new generation of providers with low orbiting networks could transform phone use and challenge major telecoms groups like Telstra and Optus within two years.

Tanarra founder and Telstra shareholder John Wylie believes the company’s stock price would get a boost from securitising income it receives from NBN Co.

Banker John Wylie wants Telstra to sell off NBN income stream

The fund manager and Telstra shareholder is urging the telco giant to package up cash payments it receives from NBN Co and sell them to boost its stock price.

Telcos complain NBN is unfairly and unnecessarily competing in the enterprise market. But their complaints are unlikely to make much difference.

NBN-Telstra rethink could unlock billions for internet access: Wylie

If improving internet access is to be done through the NBN, there’s a different and better way for this to be funded.

Turning Foxtel into a passive bet in a global sports rights group is part of News Corp’s evolution into bigger, digital businesses, happening under chairman Lachlan Murdoch.

Foxtel’s $3.4b sale a bet on a billionaire, not a deal of the decade

There’s much more to the pay TV and streaming provider’s ownership change than the headline price. Now Saudi Arabia is involved.

Vicki Brady’s going all-in with a consulting firm she knows well.

Telstra’s Vicki.ai a glimpse into the future of Australian business

Telstra’s decision to hive off its AI projects and staff will make other companies take notice. The big consulting groups and tech companies must be loving it.

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