#135 Telstra Digital Infrastructure CEO Steven Worrall

In this episode, Telstra Digital Infrastructure CEO Steven Worrall talks about the launch of the Sydney-Perth route on its national Aura fibre network, its longest yet. We talk about the use case for terabit fibre in WA, the challenges in building it, and where Worrall sees the state of the Australian digital infrastructure market.

In this episode we have a chat with the group CTO of Aussie Broadband, Brad Parker, about the company's Nitrogen wholesale platform which is facilitating the onboarding of hundreds of thousands of customers from new wholesale client More/Tangerine Telecom and acquisition AGL Telco. He explains why the decided to build the platform in-house and how it is adapting to customer demand.

In this episode, Grahame Lynch talks with a telco at the centre of the AI revolution: Mark Rafferty of FibreconX which connects hyperscale and cloud DCs in Sydney and Melbourne with major business customers. 

In this jumbo edition of CommsDay Live, Grahame Lynch talks with Corning's local head Bill Wallace about how fibre is being deployed in AI infrastructure. Then at 15:30, Grahame talks with Senator Sarah Henderson about the Opposition view of what's happening in comms policy, And from 27.00, Senderz.ai founder Dan Rosen talks about coming verification requirements for SMS broadcasts, not just here in Australia but across the world

Ahead of the CommsDay Summit's Restoring Telecom Reputation session held with the Australian Telecommunications Alliance, we talk with its CEO, Luke Coleman, about how telco can repair its lustre.

In this podcast, Grahame Lynch talks with BAI Communications' Stephen Farrugia about its proposal for reforms in the 600MHz band that could sure up public safety connectivity, as well as the firm's recent acquisition of Titan ICT and its success overseas.

In this episode, we interview visiting Kearney chairman emeritus Alex Liu and managing partner, ANZ Sarovar Agarwal talking AI in the telco, takeouts in MWC and a 10 mile-high look at where the global telecom industry sits right now. It's a fantastic trip through current thinking in the global telecom C-suite    

Grahame Lynch interviews Dr Bruce Tonkin, CEO of AUDA, about the 40-year history and evolution of the .au domain. They discuss AUDA's unique multi-stakeholder rules, the role of ICANN, the DNS infrastructure, critical infrastructure protections, and how domain names will shape digital identity and AI-driven services in the future.

Brian Rhoney, Director of Data Center Market Development at Corning Optical, explains how optical fibre and new interconnects are critical to scaling AI clusters, shifting data center traffic, and solving the memory and bandwidth challenges posed by modern GPUs. The episode also covers supply and infrastructure constraints, power and water considerations, Australia’s competitive position and sovereign AI concerns, and emerging trends like lensed connectivity and replacing copper links with optical solutions. Interviewer: Grahame Lynch

Australia's data centre industry finally has a peak body to represent its interests to governments and the community. We speak with Belinda Dennett, the head of Data Centres Australia, about the new group's plans and why Australia has an opportunity to become a significant player in the AI infrastructure space.