Australia - Broadband - Overview and Analysis - 2008

By BusinessWire DUBLIN, Ireland, BUSINESS WIRE -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/117ae8/australia_broadb) has announced the addition of the "Australia - Broadband - Overview and Analysis - 2008" report to their offering. BuddeComm estimates that broadband could add over $100 billion to the Australian economy, including the distribution of services to customers; and as a communication tool and by savings to health care, education and energy needs. Because the rest of the world is progressing much more quickly, Australia is losing out on competitive advantage. The key factor for this failure is moving from technology to affordability. While the technology has become available (ADSL2+), the price is too high for 60%+ of current broadband users. In the retail market, Telstra ADSL constitutes... [read full story]