Founder
Mark A Gregory
Mark A Gregory is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Melbourne, Australia and received a PhD and a Master of Engineering from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in 2008 and 1992 respectively, and a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)(Honours) from University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in 1984.
Mark is a former Army officer who spent four years working on major defence projects, and is a director of an engineering consultancy. Dr Gregory is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. His research interests include cyber-security, fiber network design and operation, wireless networks and technical risk. Dr Gregory received an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation in 2009.
Mark was appointed Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy in January 2015 and completed a major update of the Journal systems and processes prior to retiring from the Board in January 2021. He has been a regular public policy commentator on telecommunications, especially on the status and future of the National Broadband Network, via the ABC, TheNewDaily, The Australian, Business Spectator, The Conversation and InnovationAus.com
The NBN middle ground
The FTTdp option is discussed in The Australian to provide a description of h
Encryptions arms race begins for tech giants and law enforcement
The encryption arms race has begun and giant telcos and law enforcement are at loggerheads and how this will play out is discussed in
Blockchain is here to stay
Blockchain is here to stay and in The Australian the reasons why th
Slipping to the wrong side of the broadband ledger
The growth in FTTP being rolled out around the world has grown rapidly and in
Targeting cyber criminals
The government's new cyber security strategy discussed in The Australian puts a focus on bu
Slow Lane - Senate stonewalling and second-rate broadband
At the Senate Estimates NBN Co and senior management appear to be stonewalling and refusing to provide answers which leads to questions about the lack of an open and transparent approach to building the NBN.