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• Trujillo speechwriter joins NBN Co

  A speechwriter for Telstra's controversial American former chief executive, Sol Trujillo, has joined the company charged with building and operating the National Broadband Network.

• NBN could be opt-out in Tasmania: Premier

  Tasmanian State Premier David Bartlett has committed to ask the Tasmanian NBN Company whether it would be feasible for Tasmanians to be required to opt-out from having the planned optic fibre cables connected to their premises -- reversing the current policy where they are required to opt-in.

• NBN Co moves into Melbourne

  The company in charge of building and operating the National Broadband Network will construct its national operations and test facility in Melbourne’s Digital Harbour development. NBN Co announced it would monitor and manage the NBN network and facilities, order service connections and repairs from Melbourne, and allow telcos using the network to test their services.

• Telstra shares soar on NBN deal

  Investors have reached warmly to news that Telstra (ASX:TLS) has finally reached an agreement with the federal government

• iiNet signs up first NBN customers

  While denying it supports the government's filtering proposal

• Downer-Kordia JV wins NBN Co contract

  The first of many opportunities for the venture afforded by the NBN project

• NBN is achievable and affordable: McKinsey

  A study on the National Broadband Network (NBN) implementation, released by the Federal Government, confirms that high-speed broadband for all Australians is achievable, and financially viable — with or without the participation of Telstra.

• Australian SKA telescope to get broadband blackspot fibre

  Australia's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) over competitor South Africa will rely on the Federal Government's Regional Backbone Blackspots Program announced last year.

• Mainland NBN being rolled out

  The first fibre optic backbone link for the NBN on mainland Australia has been laid at Mount Isa.

• NBN Co ponders capability statements

  NBN Co, the company in charge of the Federal Government’s $43 billion National Broadband Network, has announced it received many “high-quality” responses to its request for capability statements for the supply of infrastructure.

• IDC Telco Predictions 2010

  IDC has released its 2010 telco market predictions making the pretty safe bets that the Australian market will make a stable recover in 2010 and that the NBN Co and Telstra strike a deal. But believes that there’ll be no NBN fibre rollout on the mainland during the year.

• Delay to broadband investment provokes outrage in Italy

  The announcement at the beginning of the month that the government was postponing a Euros 800 million (US$1.2 billion) investment in modernizing Italy's broadband infrastructure has provoked indignation among government critics and embarrassment among ministers.

• Identity top priority for South Australia’s CIO this year

  Identity and knowing who governments are dealing with has emerged as the top priority over the next 12 months for South Australia's CIO, Andrew Mills.

• Energy providers call for Smart Network consideration in NBN

  Energy providers have urged the federal government to recognise the benefits of existing fibre infrastructure in the national broadband network (NBN) roll out and to consider the 'Smart Network' opportunities.

• IT spending to pick up mid-2010

  The impact of the National Broadband Network (NBN) on IT spending remains uncertain, but it holds amazing potential for technologies such as telepresence, say IDC analysts.