The federal government should use big data “to improve its delivery of services to the public, the community and businesses,” communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy said this morning at the Navigating Big Data summit in Canberra.

NBN Co’s CEO Mike Quigley has called for a study from the Communications Alliance to decide what is the best technology to use to roll out high-speed broadband across Australia.

Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde has called a user pays system for the National Broadband Network (NBN) a "cop out".

Applications have opened for the Digital Dividend, with the auction to be held 16 April, 2013.

Optus is using all its bargaining chips to try and get the lowest possible price for the 700MHz spectrum on the Digital Dividend, according to an analyst.

Telstra has acknowledged wider telecommunications industry concerns about the need for greater equivalence and transparency in its submission to the National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband discussion paper.