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With the current uncertainty surrounding who is going to govern Australia for the next three years, the future of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is still up in the air. For the time being, NBN Co...
View ArticleUpdated: ADSL emulation port scrapped from NBN plans
NBN Co has confirmed the Network Termination Unit (NTU) being installed on residents' homes as part of the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout will not have an ADSL emulation port among its set of...
View ArticleProductivity Commission report could get Opposition to back NBN: Turnbull
The National Broadband Network (NBN) could get the Opposition's approval if a Productivity Commission study into the $43 billion project came back with a positive report, shadow communications...
View ArticleCSIRO wireless broadband over TV becoming a reality
The CSIRO is moving to attract millions of dollars worth of commercial investment from networking vendors ahead of the first field trial of its in-house broadband wireless over analogue television...
View ArticleTelstra separation passes lower house
Draft laws which will pave the way for the rollout of the NBN through the structural separation of Telstra, have passed the lower house of parliament.
View ArticlePM vows to put fine tooth comb through NBN
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has promised to put a fine tooth comb through the business case for the $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) before it is publicly released.
View ArticleConroy: Worsening broadband backs up Government case for NBN
Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has used Australia's falling OECD broadband penetration ratings as evidence that the National Broadband Network is needed.
View ArticleMany PoI NBN model "insane", says Hackett
National broadband provider Internode has published a strongly worded argument in favour of NBN Co’s existing model for connecting internet service providers to its future fibre network, backing the...
View ArticleInternode warns: New PoI model could consolidate ISP industry
Simon Hackett on Sunday published a strident critique of the large number of Points of Interconnect (PoIs) model being promulgated by Australia’s larger telcos, instead backing NBN Co’s own minimalist...
View ArticlePlan now or be a NBN "dinosaur", AIIA tells business
Australia’s peak technology industry representative body has told Australian businesses to start preparing for the onset of the National Broadband Network or risk being left behind, in the wake of the...
View ArticleNBN boss rejects bribe scandal allegations
NBN Co CEO, Mike Quigley, used a press conference in Sydney to reject allegations he should’ve known about cases of bribery that took place in Alcatel-Lucent when he was a senior executive there.
View ArticleAbbott: Government must "rethink spending" due to floods
The Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has used a visit to flood-afflicted Queensland to push for a change in Government spending priorities in what is most likely an attack on the National Broadband...
View ArticleNBN goes ahead, floods or not, Gillard says
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has confirmed the National Broadband Network will not be cut or slowed down to help fund rebuilding after the devastating Queensland floods. The Government estimates...
View ArticleOptus calls for NBN volume discounts
Optus will push for NBN Co to be given the power to offer volume discounts to service providers on the National Broadband Network (NBN) under legislation currently in Senate Committees hearing.
View ArticleCoalition makes grand promises on NBN
The opposition says its broadband policy will offer the same internet speeds as Labor's national broadband network (NBN), but will be rolled out much faster and at half the cost.
View ArticleInternode slashes its Ultra SHDSL broadband prices
Australian ISP Internode has slashed the prices of its Ultra SHDSL broadband plans.
View ArticleTelstra signs on for NBN
Telstra today signed a non-binding Financial Heads of Agreement with NBN Co to participate in the rollout of Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN).
View ArticleConroy: Telstra must separate (updated)
The Australian Government wants Telstra to structurally separate and if the telco giant won't do so voluntarily the Rudd administration will use regulation to achieve the goal.
View ArticleAusBBS introduces SOHO NBN plans
Locally-owned startup, Australian Broadband Services (AuSBBS), is targeting small businesses with new National Broadband Network (NBN) plans priced at $100 and $155 per month.
View ArticleTPG launches unlimited NBN plans with 12Mbps and 100Mbps options
Internet service provider (ISP), TPG Telecom, has launched a set of six new NBN plans.
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