ISPs need to target the business and mobile segment as the fixed-line consumer category becomes increasingly less profitable, according to Ovum research director and telco analyst, David Kennedy.

While it has yet to develop a fixed-line presence in Australia, Vodafone Hutchison Australia will be a heavyweight in that field once the NBN rollout kicks into high gear, according to Ovum.

A lengthy Telstra structural separation process awaits after it received Senate approval today, according to analysts.

Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has confirmed to ARN that his proposed legislation to regulate NBN Co rivals will include controlling their prices.

The Federal and Tasmanian State Liberal parties are at loggerheads over which method is best for rolling out the National Broadband Network.

The Tasmanian Government is preparing to make joining the National Broadband Network an opt-out rather than opt-in process. It is aiming to become the first state in Australia to do so.

Australia might still be waiting to find out which of the major parties will form Government following Election 2010, but it appears the three independents yet to make up their mind which side they will support are still giving off signs they view Labor’s National Broadband Policy with enthusiasm.

Analysts have provided lukewarm responses to an open letter from senior telco executives that criticises the Government’s National Broadband Network.