Business Chart Of The Week
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Here’s How Many Australian Premises Will Be Getting FTTP By 2020
nbn has released its Corporate Plan for 2017-2010. If the government-owned corporation can be believed, the national broadband network is on track to connect 8 million active end users by 2020. But how many of these will be fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) compared to fibre-to-the-node (FTTN), hybrid fibre co-axial (HFC) and fixed wireless/satellite? This chart breaks down…
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Why Windows Phone Might Not Be The Best Choice For Your Business
For many Australian businesses, Windows Phone is the employee device of choice due to OS familiarity, sophisticated security and attractive pricing. However, if you’re in the market for a new fleet of handsets, Microsoft could be a riskier option than you think. As this chart shows, overall sales of Windows Phone devices has shrunk every…
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79% Of Australian Patents Were Filed By Foreign Companies In 2015
Aussie companies were responsible for filing just 21% of the total patent applications in Australia last year, with the USA claiming the top spot. To put it another way, non-residents were responsible for most of the innovation taking place in our country. Lift your game, Aussie inventors!
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How Australia’s Workforce Is Changing
The following charts look at Australia’s full- and part-time employment data over the past 37 years. As you can see, there has been a notable shift in employment trends, with part-time work rising at the expense of full-time employment.