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Gagging Order: Optus Banned From NBN Criticism

Staff Writers September 7, 2011 No Comments

The gagging order, signed as part of the $800 million deal recently signed between SingTel owned Optus and NBN Co, the company charged with rollout of the controversial $36 billion…

Confirmed: NBN Heading To Victoria, WA

Staff Writers September 6, 2011 No Comments

The deals, confirmed today by Minister for Broadband, Communications Senator Stephen Conroy, who welcomed the signing by NBN Co of new contracts with Transfield Services in Vic and Syntheo –…

GDay Mate: NBN Turns To Townsville As Telstra Deal In Doubt

Staff Writers September 1, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge Agri workers and miners can also gain from the NBN, the Deputy Prime Minister insisted. This comes as the $11 billion NBN Co/Telstra deal is flung into…

Operation NBN: Take-Up Needs Major Kick Start, Report Warns

Staff Writers August 26, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge And high hopes for NBN Labor certainly have. Minister for Broadband, Steven Conroy’s ‘National Digital Economy Strategy’ released in May expressed the Government’s aim that ‘by 2020, Australia…

Conroy: Oz Loves NBN & Scrambling To Get Connected

Staff Writers August 19, 2011 No Comments

In fact, recent calls by Coalition Member for Brisbane, Teresa Gambaro, that the broadband network should have been rolled out in her area “is proof that the people of Australia…

NBN Contracts NetComm To Bring Satellite Rural BroadBand

Staff Writers August 18, 2011 No Comments

David Stewart, NetComm’s Managing Director said “NetComm will provide fixed-wireless LTE devices to connect premises to the NBN Co’s LTE broadband network with a three year window to complete, commencing…

Regional Australia Gets First Dose Of NBN Amid Turnbull Criticism

Staff Writers August 3, 2011 No Comments

Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced the follow-up on the NBN Co’s earlier June contract with Ericsson to create a 4G fixed wireless network today. This follow up has seen…

Its On: NBN Hits NSW – 1Gbps Speeds ‘Expected’

Staff Writers July 29, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge Resident of rural Kiama, NSW can now trial a world class high-speed broadband network, with speeds of “up to” 100Mbps and “potential speeds of up to 1…

Optus Takes Almost $1Billion From NBN Deal

Staff Writers June 23, 2011 No Comments

The agreement between government-owned NBN Co and the SingTel subsidiary will see Optus shut down its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial network, shifting its customers onto the National Broadband Network. The $800…

Anti Competitive Housing Estate Investigation Initiated Against NBN Co

Staff Writers June 20, 2011 No Comments

“We understand the importance of the investigation and we are resourcing it we think suitably,” he told ITnews. The investigation was sparked by three complaints from private greenfields fibre builders,…