Lack of communication undermining NBN community support
NBN Co must step up its engagement with relevant government departments and the Australian community if the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) or face an increasingly ambivalent public.
View ArticleiiNet praises NBN Co, pans lack of digital economy strategy
Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet (ASX:IIN) has praised the National Broadband Network (NBN) but has cautioned that the value of the fibre network will be lessened unless the Federal Government...
View ArticleOpposition responds to budget, slams NBN
Shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has continued the Opposition's post budget reply attack on the National Broadband Network (NBN), claiming that billions of dollars will be pumped into...
View ArticleQuigley faces parliamentary onslaught on Alcatel-Lucent scandal
NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has faced an onslaught of questions from a joint parliamentary committee around his role in former employer Alcatel-Lucent's bribery scandal.
View ArticleQuigley denies construction tender was flawed
The company charged with the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN Co, has denied its original construction tender process was flawed to begin with and ultimately resulting in the...
View ArticleNBN tendering announcement expected soon: Conroy
Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, expects NBN Co will make an announcement about rollout tendering processes soon, after it suspended them in April.
View ArticleUpdate: NSW man charged over NBN hacking plot
A man has been arrested for allegedly plotting damage to Australian infrastructure, police say.
View ArticleEmerson Network Power signs $100 million NBN Co deal
Emerson Network Power has been awarded a one year, $100 million contract to design, supply, install and commission 10 network facility centres for the NBN Co.
View ArticleAustralian Council funds NBN art projects
Artists have a chance to show in different mediums what benefits they think the National Broadband Network (NBN) will bring following the Australia Council’s Broadband Arts Initiative..
View ArticleVodafone gets on NBN trial bandwagon
Telecommunications provider, Vodafone, has connected 12 customers in Armidale, NSW to the National Broadband Network (NBN) as part of the company’s first trial.
View ArticleM2 signs up AudioCodes for NBN gateway
M2 Telecommunications has signed an agreement with AudioCodes to deliver M2 Communication’s multimedia gateway for its customers' migration to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
View ArticleConroy says Coalition should “come clean” on broadband policy
Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has called on the Coalition government to unveil its fully costed broadband policy during a doorstop interview today.
View ArticleDowner EDI Engineering to help build NBN in northern NSW
NBN Co has awarded Downer EDI Engineering a $94 million, two-year contract to provide additional construction capacity for the NBN rollout in northern NSW.
View ArticleRural and regional Aussies to get better broadband from space
Communications minister Stephen Conroy claims two satellites, to launch in 2015, will offer broadband services to the bush that will be faster than most people receive in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney...
View ArticleSyntheo exits NT NBN build
Syntheo will hand construction of the National Broadband Network in the Northern Territory to NBN Co, the company announced this morning.
View ArticleCSIRO telepresence robots connect students with National Museum
The National Museum in Canberra and CSIRO are trialling a virtual tour system using robots called B1 and B2. The robots, which contain telepresence technology, navigate the galleries of the Museum with...
View ArticleAARNet, NBN connect primary school students
Junior newsreaders in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria will be broadcasting their sustainability stories via Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) video conferencing...
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 ArticleiiNet praises NBN Co, pans lack of digital economy strategy
Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet (ASX:IIN) has praised the National Broadband Network (NBN) but has cautioned that the value of the fibre network will be lessened unless the Federal Government...
View ArticleOpposition responds to budget, slams NBN
Shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has continued the Opposition's post budget reply attack on the National Broadband Network (NBN), claiming that billions of dollars will be pumped into...
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