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Welcome to the Network Insight Institute

The Network Insight Institute is an independent non-profit centre of ideas and information, focused on communications. We harness valuable market information for leading corporations in media, telecoms and e-commerce; and for the community.  We provide seminars, workshops, briefings and publications.

The Institute takes a broad, cross-platform view on the future of the ICT industries – drawing together the diverse sub-sectors such as telecommunications, platform technology, the press, broadcasting, publishing and online services.

Upcoming events, current projects and recent events

  • Communications Policy & Research Forum 2008
    29-30 September 2008. The CPRF is a research-oriented forum open to all viewpoints; a co-operative effort by Australian centres interested in policy and research. It is also a national meeting-place for the community of policy and research people.
  • Policies for a Communications Act 2010
    This is a platform for proposals to move towards a modern policy structure for Australian communications. The aim is to plan a practical way out of the current legislative and regulatory quagmire. As a decision-making discipline, it is focused on a convergent Communications Act.
  • The Year Ahead in Communications 2008
    8-9 February 2008. Every year, we organise a workshop to offer our sponsors and advisers the best possible insight into issues which will affect them in the next 12 months. It is an agenda-setting event, and the only one of our events held behind closed doors, to preserve candour in business projections.
  • Communications Policy & Research Forum 2007
    24-25 September 2007. Over 70 researchers and experts in 23 sessions contributed papers and presentations to the Forum which explored broadband, free speech, user-led innovation, online life, telecoms regulation, cultural industries and other areas.
  • Digital Action, Licence A and Licence B
    14 March 2007. This full day seminar analysed the plans to start dozens of new TV channels. Included narrowcasting, mobile, datacasting, access and competition issues, and the DAP. Speakers commented from a business, regulatory, strategy, technical angle on the next steps in licensing and the future potential.
  • Broadband technologies - 3hr briefing in Sydney
    8 February 2007. Briefing for non-engineers about the various broadband pathways and concepts (e.g. xDSL, FTTx, WiMax, NextG, NGN). Presented by our internationally experienced Senior Researcher Peter Darling.

Publications

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