The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand held their annual Telecommunications Day yesterday and ATUG Managing Director, Rosemary Sinclair, attended to get all the latest communications news from “across the ditch.”
David Isenberg sought to explode the myth that the internet will run out of capacity when he held up a 864-fibre cable, telling us that each fibre can carry 160 wavelengths. According to Isenberg, each of these 864 fibres has a terabyte capacity.
When he originally sent TUANZ the abstract for his presentation for the programme it was titled the ‘Four Paths to Kiwi Internet Leadership’ and centred on the separation of Telecom. But in the two months the programme was printed and after speaking with various industry people since arriving in the country he decided the four paths have changed, they are now:
Open fibre
Open fibre
Open fibre
Open fibre
One of the highlights of every Telecommunications Day is the panel discussion with the top carrier Chief Executives. This year they were joined by TUANZ CEO Ernie Newman. Plenty of questions around open access, public private investment and the skills shortage.
For more information, visit the TUANZ Downstream Blog
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