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Heath Gibson
Past Contributor

Heath Gibson

Former Analyst

VI Analyst·

About Heath

Heath Gibson is a competitive intelligence and market insights specialist with deep experience in the Australian telecommunications sector. He contributed analysis to Venture Insights drawing on years of competitive intelligence work at Telstra, where he held roles spanning product management, BigPond, enterprise, government and consumer competitive intelligence. He is currently Executive Manager – Industry Intelligence and Insights at NBN Australia (Northern Business Networks).

Areas of Expertise

Competitive AnalysisTelecommunicationsMarket IntelligenceProduct Management

Career at Venture Insights

Analyst

Venture Insights

VI Analyst·

Education

Bachelor of Commerce (Economics, Philosophy, History, Law)

University of Newcastle

Current Position

Now at

Executive Manager – Industry Intelligence and Insights at NBN Australia

Reports by Heath

AU Consumer Broadband Update FY24

August 2024

The RBS levy and wireless broadband competition

August 2024

Ofcom cracks down on inflation linked pricing

July 2024

Australian Consumer Telco Pricing – Q4 FY24 Update

July 2024

Is the greenfield broadband opportunity going to improve?

July 2024

Will AI reignite the ‘net neutrality’ and ‘fair share’ debates?

July 2024

The prepaid ‘poverty premium’

July 2024

Time for ACCC to measure FWA and LEOSat performance

June 2024

Broadband’s evolving brand landscape

June 2024

What is Apple Intelligence?

June 2024

LEOSats - the Australian policy state of play

June 2024

Simplicity and scale is the endgame for telco enterprise

May 2024

Ending CPI price rises – Telstra seeks “flexibility”

May 2024

Optus – a challenging recovery

May 2024

Entry level broadband and the digital divide

May 2024

What comes next for sports media?

May 2024

The limits of ‘more for more’

April 2024

No room for error with emergency calling

April 2024

Australian Consumer Telco Pricing – Q3 FY24 Update

April 2024

What is the future of hybrid work?

April 2024

What is “broadband”? US regulators raise their standards

March 2024

Mobile Data Use Keeps on Growing

March 2024

nbn disrupts itself and the market with proposed speed boost

March 2024

Slowing wireless growth & the rise of broadband challengers

March 2024

“Broadband at Dial-Up Prices” – Lessons from another era

February 2024

Is public trust the Achilles heel of AI?

February 2024

nbn HY24 results

February 2024

2024 Telco trends to watch

February 2024

Australian Consumer Telco Pricing – Q2 FY24 Update

January 2024

Telstra learns that people make mistakes, but machines repeat them

December 2023

B2B Mobility in NZ: Market Forecast

December 2023

More competition and a new partnership model

December 2023

AU: B2B Mobility Forecast

November 2023

The telco contest for new developments

November 2023

LEOSats and the competitive dynamics of ‘direct to handset’

November 2023

Key themes in Wholesale Telecoms, 2023

November 2023

Optus’ outage is a warning for all

November 2023

nbn’s high speed ambitions

November 2023

What’s the likelihood of telecoms price inflation?

October 2023

SAU resolution brings both certainty and disruption

October 2023

Cloud gaming and VR – the pieces are coming together

October 2023

Telco complaints recovering from COVID

October 2023

Closing the gap on digital disadvantage

October 2023

The opportunity cost of expanding telco obligations

September 2023

Australia Consumer Broadband Pricing – Q1 FY24 Update

September 2023

Transparency in Telco Advertising

September 2023

iOS17 and the evolution of physical-digital interaction

September 2023

Who will survive TPG’s brand simplification?

September 2023

AU B2B ICT Forecast and Outlook

September 2023

Can hero handsets still drive consumer mobile switching?

August 2023

Spark ignites wireless broadband growth

August 2023

The evolving broadband bundle

August 2023

Three nbn growth metrics we’re watching

August 2023

The future of Vocus Retail - three scenarios

August 2023

Cloud providers’ revenue is still growing, but slowing

July 2023

Avoiding tunnel vision in international broadband comparisons

July 2023

NZ ICT Forecast and Outlook

July 2023

Chorus connection update points to broadband ARPU opportunities

July 2023

Telstra must be realistic in selling its Starlink vision

July 2023

Inflation linked pricing is a delicate balancing act

June 2023

Confronting the security and data protection challenge

June 2023

“Unlimited” satellite broadband is good news for rural Australia

June 2023

Optus FY23 – A Tale of Two Halves

May 2023

It’s time to give telco complaints more context

May 2023