I’m currently in Auckland attending KANZ (the Korea Australia New Zealand Technology Summit) and Nethui 2014. Two quite different approaches to the same issue, which is how do we engage with digital networks and technologies to advance as societies, economies and nations. So I’ll be posting shorter regular updates while I’m here and over the […]
I’m getting ready to help facilitate at session at next weeks Nethui on ‘Digital Inclusion & UFB Uptake’, which has got me thinking. What is it that currently excludes people from being able to participate in the digital world ? it occurs to me that there are really only three reasons: 1. Choice […]
I’ve got mixed emotions about the news that FX have done a deal with Vocus, I’ll miss FX they’ve made a huge contribution to the NZ telco scene and they’ve achieved more in a short period of time than virtually any other player I can think of. FX is proof that dreams can come true, […]
Who needs a gigabit speed connection? That was one of the most common responses to yesterday’s discussions on the impact of Ultrafast Fibre’s ‘giganet’ announcement. And it’s a perfectly rational argument but one that is ultimately flawed and definitely one that will delay both UFB uptake and the digital transformation of the New Zealand economy. […]
Since its a friday I thought I’d go off on a slightly different tangent, the recent moves in our extremely nascent, emerging residential Gigabit market got me thinking about the power of evangelism (in the marketing rather than the spiritual sense) as a marketing tool. If you’ve ever found yourself up against rivals or competitors […]
Last week the Green Party released its high tech manufacturing policy at the Wellington Maker Space, they got my attention because this is an area close to my heart (both my sons are aspiring ‘Makers’ and the eldest had his 11th birthday party at the Maker Space) and I know they are onto something championing this […]
You know that feeling you got as a teenager, when the cool kids were having a party that you weren’t invited to ? But you found out about it and you really, really wanted to go ? Well I’m starting to feel that way about 5G, I know the party doesn’t start until 2022 but […]
Every time a new G hits the cellular world, we get driven into yet another frenzy of cyclic upgrades, there’s new spectrum to be auctioned off, towers to upgrade and new devices to buy. So I was intrigued to read that the Chinese Government has already set out its 5G agenda and that China Mobile […]
I want to return to a theme that emerged in my first week on the job here at TUANZ, and that is how utterly and completely handheld devices have changed the face of telecommunications, and that isn’t going to abate anytime soon. In fact we are just at the beginning of a revolution that will […]
I’m meeting with quite a few people at the moment and the topic of TUANZ’s raison’d’etre often comes up. There is a view that we’ve fought the fights that needed to be fought, but now the market will take care of things and we should just retire gracefully basking in the glow of a job […]
