Australia: Fast tracking to be world’s first fully connected continent
By 2020, we expect we’ll be the first country of our size to make broadband access universal. Our generation – GenNBN – will be more connected than ever before. This will pay huge dividends in health, education and entertainment… to name just a few. And it will create exciting economic opportunities for everyone. In the next three years, nbn is on track to put Australia ahead of the world for high speed, universal broadband access. How can we leverage this advantage to transform our businesses, economy, communities and lives? Digital technology has radically changed the world and right now we’re walking into a wave of innovation that will revolutionise everything. Not just what we do on our computers, but the way we live our lives and interact with the world around us. This is the world of GenNBN. Over the next five years, we’re going to see the proliferation of: Self-driving vehicles; Virtual and augmented reality; The internet of things; Personal robotics; and even, Artificial intelligence to a degree… So, what does this mean? Firstly, data usage in Australia is exploding, largely…