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• Budget 2014 - NBN funding goes private after FY2017

  The National Broadband Network will have to rely on private funding after the 2017-18 financial year, according to the 2014-15 budget released last night.

• NBN: Good-bye FTTP, we hardly knew ye

  The Coalition government today signed the death warrant for the roll out of a predominantly fibre-to-the-premises-based National Broadband Network.

• NBN Co chairman defends NBN reporting

  NBN Co chairman Dr Ziggy Switkowski has defended the organisation’s reporting of key rollout data for the national broadband network saying feedback from construction partners and analysts suggested it is “the best it’s ever been.”

• NBN Co to test Aurora fibre plan in Tasmania

  NBN Co will soon trial a proposal by Aurora in Tasmania to string fibre along power lines to reach homes, according to NBN Co chairman Ziggy Switkowski.

• New website identifies NBN blackspots

  The Coalition government has unveiled a new website that lets Australians view the quality and availability of high-speed broadband services in local areas.
  

• NBN cables in the air cheaper in Tassie

  The NBN can be built at a lower cost using aerial infrastructure in Tasmania than constructing new cables underground, according to Aurora Energy, the state-owned electricity network provider.
  

• Contractors urge NBN Co to 'honour promise' on rollout

  The Civil Contractors Federation of Tasmania has sent a stern message to NBN Co urging the company to continue with the National Broadband Network rollout as originally planned.

• Coalition’s NBN a ‘policy vacuum', says iiNet

  Australia’s third-largest ISP iiNet has blasted the Coalition’s revamped plan for the National Broadband Network, saying that the strategic review, cost/benefit analysis and public debate are all being conducted in a “policy vacuum”.
  

• Updated: Vodafone Romania CEO to replace Bill Morrow

  Vodafone Australia has appointed Inaki Berroeta, who has been CEO of Vodafone Romania since 2010, as its new CEO to replace Bill Morrow on 1 March.

• Tasmanian premier 'scaremongering' over NBN: Turnbull

  A war of words has erupted between communications minister Malcolm Turnbull and Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings over the state of the NBN in Tasmania.
  

• 'Guarantees have lost currency': NBN Co

  NBN Co is not in a position to guarantee minimum broadband speeds that Australians will experience on the National Broadband Network, NBN Co Chairman Ziggy Switkowksi has told a parliamentary hearing today.

• ACCC approves NBN Co's special access undertaking

  NBN Co’s special access undertaking (SAU) has at last been approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

• Updated: NBN Co releases strategic review

  At least 90 per cent of Australians would get broadband speeds of about 50 Mbps by year-end 2019 under a Coalition proposal to overhaul the NBN.

• Court to hear Telstra, NBN Co dispute next month

  Telstra and NBN Co are headed back to the NSW Supreme Court on December 13 after a directions hearing was held this morning presided over by Justice David Hammerschlag.

• NBN Co could provide backhaul to mobile operators: Fletcher

  The Coalition government will consider opening the NBN network to mobile telcos for cheaper backhaul, said MP Paul Fletcher, the parliamentary secretary to the minister for communications.