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• NBN will drive working from home opportunities: Lundy

  The National Broadband Network (NBN) will increase the advantages of employees working from home for many businesses, according to government and industry representatives.

• Optus calls for NBN volume discounts

  Optus will push for NBN Co to be given the power to offer volume discounts to service providers on the National Broadband Network (NBN) under legislation currently in Senate Committees hearing.

• Telstra warns exchanges not ready for NBN PoIs

  NBN Co could be required to replace or refit more than 60 Telstra exchanges in its bid to roll out the National Broadband Network (NBN), Telstra has warned.

• Fibre optic network slated for thousands of Melbourne CBD apartments

  Some 2700 new apartments in the Melbourne CBD will be fitted out with fibre optic cable infrastructure in a project by engineering and sustainability firm, Umow Lai. The development, known as the Upper West Side, is being built on the site of the former Lonsdale Street power station that borders Spencer Street.

• NBN Co chief attempts knock-out blow in fibre vs wireless fight

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has sought to drive the final nail into the fibre versus mobile wireless contest stating that politics surrounding the technology debate had become “sterile”.
  

• NBN to go live in Armidale in April

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has confirmed Armidale will be the first mainland site to go live with the NBN, with the switch-on date slated for April.
  

• Brisbane scraps sewer fibre stinker

  Brisbane City Council has scrapped the company slated to roll out fibre to home through the city’s sewer pipes, according to reports published this week.
  

• M2 acquires Austar mobile customer base

  Listed telecommunications provider M2 (ASX:MTU) has continued its acquisition spree announcing it is to purchase the mobile contracts and records of 15,000 Austar customers in a $2 million deal.

• NBN retailer accreditation questioned in access seeker rush

  The expansion of the retail service provider (RSP) market in the wake of the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout could bring risks to rollout schedules and customer experiences without careful accreditation, a digital economy analyst has warned.
  

• NBN Co spends $120 million on Austar wireless spectrum

  NBN Co has snapped up a subsidiary of subscription television provider Austar in a $120 million deal that will give the National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler wireless spectra needed to roll out fixed wireless services to four per cent of Australian premises.

• Conroy denies wireless threat to NBN

  Federal communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has denied the introduction of 4G wireless broadband technologies, such as the LTE network announced by Telstra this week, will pose any threat to the government's National Broadband Network (NBN).

• Coalition proposes cuts to online student testing

  Among the cuts announced this week as part of the coalition's proposed alternative flood reconstruction fund are online diagnostic tools students promised by the current Gillard Government during the 2010 election campaign.

• iiNet to be one of few to benefit from NBN: Malone

  iiNet managing director Michael Malone said he expects his company to be one of the few ISPs to benefit from the NBN, because unlike many rivals its customer base is not stagnating

• Public support for NBN waning?

  Public support for the National Broadband Network (NBN) could be on the wane with a new poll finding both Liberal/National and Labor voters favour the private sector, rather than the government, to deliver broadband services.
  

• NBN Co publishes draft NBN B2B framework

  NBN Co has published the draft framework detailing the business-to-business arrangements for access seekers to the National Broadband Network