Technology
Coalition's NBN bungle may have cost the country billions

The Coalition could have saved the country billions if it had stuck to Labor's original NBN ...  
NBN Co wants to hike up broadband prices for Australians

NBN Co is attempting to use its monopoly to increase prices, writes Paul Budde.   
Macquarie Group is set to shake up the digital infrastructure market

Investment giant Macquarie Group has made a bid to take over telco Vocus, a move that could make ...  
Google is set to survive in Australia, but bigger problems await

The signs suggest that the Australian Government and Google are close to a compromise, writes ...  
Technology: Doomsday or godsend — the choice is ours

Technology has the ability to work against us, so it's up to the human race to manage it in a way ...  
Google versus Australia: The war is on

Australia has bungled the issue of regulating global digital companies like Google, writes Paul ...  
What 2021 will have in store for the ICT industry

With technology being relied upon more than ever due to 2020's pandemic, Paul Budde takes a look ...  
New European legislation aims to control digital platforms

Europe is taking the lead in digital market regulation with new proposed legislation designed to ...  
#2 TOP IA STORY OF 2020: Telstra is going on to take the NBN monopoly

Our brilliant tech columnist, Paul Budde, had three articles in IA's top ten, two of which were ...  
#3 TOP IA STORY OF 2020: Foxtel pay-TV faces slow death

The Murdoch stranglehold over Australian media was, as ever, a popular topic on IA during 2020 ...  
#6 TOP IA STORY OF 2020: No action from Morrison Government as NBN continues downward trend

The Coalition's scorchingly expensive copper-based "steam punk" NBN continued to buffer during 20 ...  
How Australia can learn from Scandinavian countries

It's interesting to compare the major economic models in the Western world: the Anglo-Saxon ...  
What Australia can learn from electric vehicle policies in Indonesia

The Indonesian Government is making an effort to encourage drivers to go electric in an effort to ...  
Government protection of NBN endangering regional digital development

It was astonishing to hear the news the Federal Government has set up the Regional Digital Tech ...  
Massive renewable energy projects underpinned by ICT technologies

The internet and communications field present new ways of tapping into the possibilities of ...  
Social media: It might be dumbing us down

Social media is growing, but it appears our ability to critically evaluate it is not keeping ...  
Time will tell whether Telstra can become a leading digital company

The proposed restructuring of Telstra is an exciting new challenge for the company. It will now ...  
6G: We could be looking at techno tyranny

Trust, privacy and security must be key considerations in the development of highly intelligent ...  

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