Books & arts
3 July 2025
The tech giant helped turn its biggest partner into a world leader in electronics manufacturing
Books & arts
17 March 2025
An American journalist lifts the veil on a company that might exemplify China’s future
Books & arts
28 June 2023
Behind their inexorable rise, mobile phones leave a landscape littered with once-mighty businesses and technological dead-ends
Essays & reportage
11 October 2022
Optus’s troubles shine a light on the company’s ultimate controller, the hydra-headed Singapore Inc.
Essays & reportage
23 October 2017
From the archive | Backers of 5G promise breathtaking speed and ultra-reliability. But does Australia need its own vision for the new wireless networks?
International
18 November 2016
Internet connections have surged in the region, but cost has re-emerged as a constraint for many users
National affairs
8 September 2014
The choice between politically charged cross-subsidies and direct government subsidies has always been a feature of Australian telecommunications policy-making, writes John Doyle
Books & arts
25 August 2013
“Cyber war” has more in common with the war on obesity than the second world war, says Thomas Rid. Emily Crawford reviews his new book
Books & arts
17 May 2013
The mobile phone turned forty last month. Ramon Lobato reviews three recent books about the worlds it has created
International
14 February 2013
With subscriber numbers heading for a billion, the disruptive impact of mobile phones in India could be enormous. In this extract from their new book, Robin Jeffrey and…
Essays & reportage
29 September 2011
Attention-seeking technologies are increasingly blurring the line between home and work, writes Melissa Gregg
20 April 2011
Kenyans are leapfrogging landlines and going straight to mobile, with enormous social and economic implications, writes Xan Rice
National affairs
23 September 2010
At the Imperial Palace, Human Nature is gearing up for two more years of “Celebration of Motown.” But further along The Strip it’s fibre-to-the-home that’s…
National affairs
23 August 2010
Broadband might have divided the major parties before the election, but there’s not going to be so much difference now, writes Jock Given
Essays & reportage
12 August 2010
The Coalition thinks wireless is the answer for Australian broadband. Jock Given remembers an earlier moment when wires-without-wires had their day.
National affairs
16 May 2010
What does $25 million worth of consultancy conclude about the national broadband network, asks Jock Given
National affairs
7 April 2009
Fresh back from overseas, a prime minister makes a stunning telecommunications announcement. And the historical parallels don’t end there, writes Jock Given