The NBN will enable more people to "work where they live", according to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who attended the opening of the NBN Co network on the mainland in Armidale today where the home work possibilities were showcased at length.
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 suspension of its procurement process, stranding 14 bidders.
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.
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 the national infrastructure project.
The federal opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has used his reply speech to the 2011-2012 federal budget to once again attack the National Broadband Network (NBN) and argue for a market-oriented solution to the need for faster broadband.
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 issues a national online strategy to give purpose and direction to the project.
National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler NBN Co has awarded satellite operators Optus and IPSTAR contracts worth a total $300 million for managed satellite services to three per cent of Australian premises, confirming industry speculation surrounding the service.
The seven stage 2 National Broadband Network sites in Tasmania will be first to trial a community-funded extension of the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) footprint beyond the 93 per cent currently mandated by government.
Following his recent resignation as head of construction for NBN Co, Patrick Flannigan has joined Australian ICT consultancy firm, UXC (ASX:UXC).
Organisations are looking to make the most of opportunities associated with the national broadband network (NBN), with Gartner Executive Program’s annual CIO agenda survey showing that networking, voice and data communications are a higher technology priority in Australia and New Zealand than globally.
A Four Corners investigation into the National Broadband Network (NBN) has revealed the Federal Government changed its original, $4.7 billion plan to avoid having to compensate Telstra to the tune of $20 billion
Brisbane-based fibre infrastructure provider, i3 Group, has claimed that the National Broadband Network (NBN) could be built at a fraction of the current cost estimates of
$40 billion if alternative broadband systems were deployed.
The Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) is in negotiations with universities covered by the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) first mainland release sites in an attempt to offer “always-on access” to students and researchers at their homes.
Coutts Communications has come out strongly in favour of more satellites over Australia to aid the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout to remote areas.
The Queensland Government has flagged a potential relocation of key state government services to regional centres as a means of maximising the benefits afforded by the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout.