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Advances in communications technologies are transforming Australia’s economy. Digitalisation—the use of digital technologies to transform business activities—is giving businesses greater connectivity and efficiency through new communication channels, data management systems and an increased online presence. These activities are found across all sectors of the economy.

Bandwidth measures the rate of data transfer, typically in megabits per second (Mbps). It can be used to describe the capacity of a connection or how much information can be transmitted at a point in time, or the requirement of an application.

In 2017, the Bureau of Communications and Arts Research found that the affordability of communications services in Australia had improved overall. In general, consumers were getting better value as prices stayed the same or fell, while product inclusions (such as data) increased. This paper updates and extends that analysis.

A background statistics paper that provides analysis of labour productivity estimates for public and private broadcasters between 2006-07 and 2016-17.