Competitive Carriers Coalition takes the high ground on comms policy

The Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) has attempted to take the high ground releasing a 'statement of regulatory principles' ahead of what is shaping up to be very polarised pre-lection debate around the NBN and communications policy in general hoping it will engender "more policy debate and less political posturing." Good luck to it.

RIM's prospects take a turn for the better

Beleaguered BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has had a run of good press in recent days, with headlines like "RIM shares rally as optimism about new devices grows," "Investors find life in RIM ahead of BlackBerry 10 launch," "RIM Ends Week Up 27% - Can It Continue?" However, these all seem to be traceable to one source.

.NXT puts all WCIT-12 documents online

There has been a great furore surrounding both the agenda for and the secrecy surrounding the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU's) upcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12). The .NXT organisation is to be congratulated for dealing with the latter by making all WCIT-12 documents available online.

ITU's claims of openness around WCIT-12 don't stack up

The chorus of concerned voices being raised ahead of the International Telecommunication Union's forthcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is growing in both the number and the status of participants. The ITU's latest attempt to address those concerns is not re-assuring.

Big data helping online advertisers find small targets

It's well known that the ads you see when you browse the web are targeted using a number of parameters, but that level of targeting is about to get a whole lot more sophisticated.

The case for a new C level executive: 'customer experience'

The growth on online channels for customer action is dramatically changing the balance of power between companies and their customers: managing the 'customer experience' is becoming a top priority.

And the winner of the next election is...Big Data

Nate Silver, the statistician behind the New York Times' fivethirtyeight blog correctly predicted the outcome of the US presidential election in all 50 states, convincingly demonstrating the power of big data: but what if that power were applied pro-actively rather than merely predictively?

ICT energy does not obey Moore's Law

The processing power of ICT hardware has followed Moore's Law for several decades: energy efficiency has improved nowhere near as rapidly, and something has to be done.

There's more to Flemington's Cisco's Stadium Solution than simply Wi-Fi

Cisco's announcement that it has been chosen to install Wi-Fi at Flemington racecourse was exquisitely timed and full of the usual hyperbole, but it's a good story and it's about much more than just Wi-Fi.

Telstra talks down role of small mobile cells

Telstra announced last week that it had deployed new very small cellular base stations to boost mobile coverage at Flemington Racecourse during the spring racing carnival, but gave no indication that such technology will become a key part of its mobile network.