Hi there,

You could almost feel sympathetic towards Telstra. It's caught in the middle of the slow moving train wreck that is the NBN and watching revenue and value bleed to NBN Co, while copper removal costs add salt to the wound. It really is in a no-win situation, as reflected in its latest results.

In comparison, New Zealand is basking in fast internet – with 1Gbps increasingly common and consumer trials of 10Gbps kicking off in March.

How did it go so wrong? We reflect on the checkered political history of Telstra and the NBN, alongside the NZ experience.

How long will it be before the lessons are heeded?

In other news:

The very bad idea that is Australia’s encryption law
Grain growers’ provide $50m boost to agritech
Augmented analytics and NLP driving Gartner’s latest BI magic
Are Fido, Rover and Spot LinkedIn’s bias busters?

And in this faster-data-at-all-costs world, you might want to pause to make sure you first build trust into your data. Register now.

Enjoy the read,

Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au

Telstra feels the NBN burn

We reflect on the tortured history, and compare the NZ experience...

The NBN rollout continues to be a thorn in Telstra’s side hobbling its performance, with the telco recording a 28 percent profit dip.

"The revenue and value is being transferred to the NBN and that is reflected in our income, profit and dividend."

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Australia’s encryption laws: What’s the impact?

Companies ‘losing revenue, losing global customers’…

Changes to extend the controversial encryption-busting law to more agencies have refocused attention on the law and its impact.

“Small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups could find themselves locked out of overseas markets with their products viewed as untrustworthy.”

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Grain goes high tech with big Aussie VC fund

A$50m fund on lookout for innovative tech startups...

Australian grain growers, and agritech developers, are on the fast track to benefit from an A$50 million fund to boost innovative technology in the grains industry.

“R&D is the key to growing our agriculture industry to A$100 billion in farm production by 2030.”

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BI buyers seeking more magic says Gartner

Magic Quadrant predicts augmented analytics will be key driver...

Augmented analytics, which uses ML and natural language processing, will be a key driver for new purchases of analytics and BI platforms by 2020 Gartner says.

“Users will spend less time exploring data & more time acting on the most relevant insights with less bias.”

[Read more]

LinkedIn goes to the dogs

Can doggie pics save us from hiring bias?...

For years we’ve been told it’s not a good idea to use a pic of your dog – or cat, rabbit, lizard or any other pet – for your LinkedIn profile photo.

“Even if you don’t like dogs, Profile of Dogs can still limit your bias since you’ll dislike everyone’s profile image equally.”

[Read more]

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