The Federal Government will extend its planned fibre roll-out under the National Broadband Network from an initial 90 per cent of Australian premises to 93 per cent – covering an additional 1.6 million extra premises.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy this morning announced a number of wide-ranging modifications to the Government's controversial mandatory internet filtering policy, including a delay of at least a year to the project while the state and Federal governments review the Refused Classification category of content which the filter would block.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has told press at the launch of a new $5 million Macquarie Telecom call centre that he doesn't consider information technology to be part of his portfolio.
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.
Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks, has had his passport confiscated by immigration officials when he arrived at Melbourne Airport last week.
The man behind the National Broadband Network and Australia’s infamous Internet filter will become a founding member of the United Nation's Broadband Commission for Digital Development.
Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has hit out at the Opposition's successful attempt to block debate on the <i>Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) 2009</i> in the Senate.
The first fibre optic backbone link for the NBN on mainland Australia has been laid at Mount Isa.
The Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) has slammed Telstra’s announcement that it will fight the Federal Government’s structural separation legislation.
An e-health project aimed at improving chronic disease patient care marks the beginning of a raft of e-health projects as Australia moves to a National Broadband network, according to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.
The Federal Government has hit the Opposition with a $24,000 fee to access documents concerning the fate of the original National Broadband Network proposal.
A new federal government paper that outlines goals for Australia’s digital economy following the roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been well received by peak industry bodies.
Federal communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has officially launched a new report Australia's Digital Economy: Future Directions calling it a landmark event to chart Australia's digital future.
Senator Stephen Conroy has used his keynote speech at the 2009 AusCert conference, held this week on the Gold Coast, to call for a renewed emphasis on cyber security.
ICT analysts have welcomed the Federal Government’s flip flop on the NBN but raised concerns it lacks detail.