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• IBM and Vocus settle Census outage lawsuit

  IBM, Vocus and Vocus subsidiary Nextgen have settled a lawsuit relating to the high-profile failure of the Australian Census website in 2016.

• IBM awarded $13.7M Govt mainframe deal

  ​IBM has won a $13.7 million deal from the Department of Human Services for the provision of mainframe storage infrastructure.

• IBM and Nextgen Networks locked in legal battle over Census debacle

  ​IBM has launched legal action against Nextgen Networks and Vocus over the companies’ roles in the troubled 2016 eCensus portal project.

• New suppliers named in Victoria’s telco contracts overhaul

  The Victorian government has overhauled its long-running telecommunications services procurement scheme, establishing a new set of contracts, worth $126 million annually.

• Vocus to buy Nextgen Networks in $700m deal

  Vocus has entered into a binding agreement to purchase Nextgen Networks in a deal which will add 17,000 kilometres of fibre cable to the company’s infrastructure portfolio.
  

• Former AAPT CEO joins Nextgen Networks

  Former AAPT CEO, David Yuile, has been appointed managing director of Nextgen Networks.

• Bulletproof Networks to list on the ASX

  Australian-owned cloud service provider Bulletproof Networks on Monday announced it would soon list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in a bid to raise $1.6 million.
  

• Nextgen seeks CIO to drive ERP implementation

  Fibre provider Nextgen Networks has advertised for a new chief information officer to help drive a deployment of Microsoft's Dynamics ERP system across the business.

• Leighton confirms Canadian fund will buy telco assets

  Leighton has confirmed Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) will acquire around 70 per cent of Leighton’s telco businesses, which include Nextgen Networks, Metronode and Infoplex.

• Leighton in talks to sell telco assets to Canadian fund

  Leighton Holdings has entered into negotiations with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) to sell 70 per cent of its telco assets, which include Nextgen Networks, Metronode and Infoplex.

• Nextgen finishes NBN Regional Backbone Blackspots Program

  Fibre provider, Nextgen Networks, has completed the last component of the Federal Government’s $250 million Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP) in the Northern Territory.
  

• Nextgen plugs South Australian backhaul blackspot

  Fibre backhaul provider, Nextgen Networks, has completed the second link in as many weeks of the Federal Government’s $250 million Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP), with the 129 kilometre link in South Australia going live.
  

• WA fibre network link goes live (updated)

  The competitive fibre backhaul link between Perth and Geraldton — part of the $250 million NBN Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP) — is live and open for business.

• Nextgen reaches halfway in Regional Backbone Blackspots Program

  Nextgen Networks has announced it is halfway to completing its 6000 kilometre of rollout backbone transmission points as a part of the Australian Government’s $250 million Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP).
  

• 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.