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
No chance the USO will be dumped
The USO is discussed in InnovationAus and in the light of Tony Warren's comments it will be interesting to see what the Turnbull Government does next
Time to end the NBN shell game
The article in InnovationAus focuses on NBN Co's manoeuvrings and it is time for the shell game that is being played out to end.
NBN business model falling apart
Why the telecommunications industry has delivered the Coalition Government and NBN Co a sharp rebuke over the current business model for the National Broadband Network (NBN) is discussed in
Telcos reject NBN access proposal
NBN Co's proposed variation to the Special Access Undertaking (SAU) is likely to be rejected by the ACCC after Telcos voice strong opposition.
ACCC to review roaming charges
An article in InnovationAus discusses the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC)
Gov’t vs ACCC: The NBN cold war turns hot
The government’s efforts to strong-arm the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to adopt a favourable position on NBN Co’s wholesale prices, business market competition and spectrum allocation have been unsuc