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  • Clinicians call for government to improve broadband in the bush

    The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called on the government to take action to improve broadband connectivity in regional and rural areas or risk health services in the bush falling further behind the cities.

    Written by Byron Connolly11 Jan. 17 14:23
  • ​Labor promises to dump fibre-to-the-node

    Labor has promised that it would roll out fibre-to-the-premises to up to two million additional homes and businesses, and phase out the government’s fibre-to-the-node NBN under a broadband policy announced on Monday.

    Written by Byron Connolly14 June 16 09:32
  • ​NBN adding 10,000 fibre services per week

    NBN switched on an average 10,000 new fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) services per week in the second calendar half of 2014, taking total active connections to 736,000.

    Written by Byron Connolly05 Feb. 16 12:04
  • ​3 million workers needed by 2030

    The Australian labour market will increase by another 3 million workers in the next 15 years to 2030, according to a new report.

    Written by Byron Connolly07 Sept. 15 11:45
  • NBN to pump $40M into industry training

    NBN on Monday said it would spend $40 million to attract and train 4,500 industry workers to help hit its target of connecting 8 million homes to the network by 2020.

    Written by Byron Connolly03 Aug. 15 09:53
  • NBN now reaching 899,000 premises

    NBN on Wednesday said 899,000 homes and businesses across Australia can now order national broadband network services and customers are waiting an average of 15 days for a service to be connected.

    Written by Byron Connolly27 May 15 12:19
  • NBN Co completes penultimate satellite station

    NBN Co has completed construction of its ninth satellite ground station at Waroona in Western Australia as it builds out infrastructure to provide residents in remote and regional areas with high speed broadband services.

    Written by Byron Connolly17 Sept. 14 12:10
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