
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
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