ACMA’s Top Six Trends

In May 2008, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) published its report entitled Top Six Trends in Communications and Media Technologies, Applications and Services – Possible Implications. ACMA is responsible for advising the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

In its report, ACMA attempts to identify the issues affecting regulation of the communications and media sector and the impact that these issues may have on ACMA's function.

The six major trends identified in the report, are:

1. the accelerating pace of change;
2. diversity in the development of physical infrastructure;
3. the spread of distributed connectivity;
4. enhanced content and network management capabilities;