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
How cyber-crime like the Sony Hack will affect Australian business in 2015
The cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in late November is not the first time that the
Turnbull's NBN house of cards
The NBN review report has been prepared to justify the Coalition's NBN approach, though it is not standing up to scrutiny. The new NBN Co management team is struggling to stay on message with the Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull.
The year the NBN stood still
2014 has been a difficult year for the NBN and there’s no doubt that Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull will be revelling in the pyrrhic victories he has secured this year.
Can Australian Telecommunications become more affordable?
The general consensus at the annual Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) national conferenceis was that the cost of telecommunicat
NBN Co's time and cost blowouts and who is to blame
NBN Co's admission of a cost blowout up to $15 billion is just the beginning of the bad news expected over the next year and how this is going to slow down the NBN rollout is discussed in
NBN First Satellite Launch 1 October
Having sought funding to attend the launch of the first of the NBN's satellites from NBN Co and other companies, I'll unfortunately need to follow the Sky Muster launch from Melbourne. Thankfully answers to questions that I have