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NZ Government calls for FTTP players
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2009-10-20 22:05:16
The New Zealand Government has kicked off the partner selection process for its $NZ1.5 billion ultra-fast broadband network initiative with the release of an invitation to participate in the provision of partially Government funded FTTP networks that will serve around 75 percent of the population.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2009-10-20 22:05:16
The New Zealand Government has kicked off the partner selection process for its $NZ1.5 billion ultra-fast broadband network initiative with the release of an invitation to participate in the provision of partially Government funded FTTP networks that will serve around 75 percent of the population.
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Conroy backs off on plans to mandate FTTH in greenfield sites
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-14 04:36:13
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has announced the formation of a stakeholder reference group to advise on fibre-to-the-premises broadband rollouts in greenfields property estates. Curiously his announcement makes no mention of his plans to mandate FTTH rollouts in greenfields by mid 2010, and the related page on the DBCDE web site has been amended to remove any reference to such a plan.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-14 04:36:13
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has announced the formation of a stakeholder reference group to advise on fibre-to-the-premises broadband rollouts in greenfields property estates. Curiously his announcement makes no mention of his plans to mandate FTTH rollouts in greenfields by mid 2010, and the related page on the DBCDE web site has been amended to remove any reference to such a plan.
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Nick Minchin makes merry with NBN panel "admissions"
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-05-18 23:52:40
The Shadow Minister for Broadband and Comms, Senator Nick Minchin, has yet again blasted the Federal Government over its claims following the announcement that the $4.7B NBN would be turning into a $43B NBN, saying that some members of the NBN Panel have admitted never giving any advice to the Government on investing in a “fibre to the home” network.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-05-18 23:52:40
The Shadow Minister for Broadband and Comms, Senator Nick Minchin, has yet again blasted the Federal Government over its claims following the announcement that the $4.7B NBN would be turning into a $43B NBN, saying that some members of the NBN Panel have admitted never giving any advice to the Government on investing in a “fibre to the home” network.
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AAPT a valid NBN dissenter or just a can't do telco?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-12 23:11:42
On the day of the $43 billion National Broadband Network announcement last week, NZ Telecom-owned service provider AAPT joined the chorus of plaudits. The next day AAPT's CEO was on national TV slamming the NBN and FTTH as economically unviable. Are the AAPT views concerning the NBN valid or is it just another can't do telco?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-12 23:11:42
On the day of the $43 billion National Broadband Network announcement last week, NZ Telecom-owned service provider AAPT joined the chorus of plaudits. The next day AAPT's CEO was on national TV slamming the NBN and FTTH as economically unviable. Are the AAPT views concerning the NBN valid or is it just another can't do telco?
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ACS cautious welcome for NBN, but still a missing link!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Government
2009-04-07 03:48:52
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Government
2009-04-07 03:48:52
Just two weeks to the day after attacking the federal government for overlooking the ICT industry as a critical source of economic stimulus and growth for Australia’s economy, the ACS has joined the chorus of those welcoming the government’s NBN decision but with a cautionary reminder that it’s by no means all of what’s needed to kick along Australia’s digital economy.
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Rudd's NBN rethink: 16 months too late
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-06 19:06:45
The biggest question about the Government's decision to abandon the NBN RFP and go back to the drawing board is: why did it take so long?
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-04-06 19:06:45
The biggest question about the Government's decision to abandon the NBN RFP and go back to the drawing board is: why did it take so long?
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Telstra's CTO leaps to the defence of DOCSIS 3.0
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-12 19:32:21
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-12 19:32:21
Telstra has been quick to respond to criticism of the capabilities of DOCSIS 3.0, and HFC networks in general, with a blog post on Nowwearetalking from its CTO, Hugh Bradlow.
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Conroy talks up NBN at CeBIT broadband forum
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 22:51:32
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will be the greatest thing since sliced bread and is the answer to Australia's economic woes, if one is to believe the rhetoric from the Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy at the world's biggest technology trade fair this week. Speaking to a high level conference on broadband at CeBIT in Hannover Germany, Senator Conroy equated the NBN with economic stimulus.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 22:51:32
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will be the greatest thing since sliced bread and is the answer to Australia's economic woes, if one is to believe the rhetoric from the Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy at the world's biggest technology trade fair this week. Speaking to a high level conference on broadband at CeBIT in Hannover Germany, Senator Conroy equated the NBN with economic stimulus.
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Opposition bemoans “veiled in secrecy” NBN process
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-21 21:44:12
After news came through earlier today that the NBN Expert Panel had released its report, which the Government says it will not release, the inevitable cry of complaint from the Federal Opposition has arisen, blasting Senator Conroy for the secretive process.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-21 21:44:12
After news came through earlier today that the NBN Expert Panel had released its report, which the Government says it will not release, the inevitable cry of complaint from the Federal Opposition has arisen, blasting Senator Conroy for the secretive process.
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NBN “Expert Panel” releases report – but only to the Govt
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-21 19:44:31
The Opposition’s desires to see the NBN (National Broadband Network) report released publicly seem to have been dashed by the Minister for Communication’s latest statement, which says the report has been received, but won’t be released to anyone else.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-21 19:44:31
The Opposition’s desires to see the NBN (National Broadband Network) report released publicly seem to have been dashed by the Minister for Communication’s latest statement, which says the report has been received, but won’t be released to anyone else.
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Coalition demands Expert Panel’s NBN report: Minchin
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-19 22:06:41
Ready to munch on the findings of the Expert Panel’s NBN report is one Senator Nick Minchin, the Shadow Minister for Broadband, who is pre-ripping into the Rudd Labor Government over the release (or otherwise) of the NBN recommendations.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-19 22:06:41
Ready to munch on the findings of the Expert Panel’s NBN report is one Senator Nick Minchin, the Shadow Minister for Broadband, who is pre-ripping into the Rudd Labor Government over the release (or otherwise) of the NBN recommendations.
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Coalition says Labor changing 98% broadband NBN promise
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-17 22:05:23
Opposition Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Nick Minchin, has put out a statement claiming Australia’s Federal Labor Government is trying to change its promise to deliver fibre based broadband to 98% of Australians by using wireless from commercial operators instead.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-17 22:05:23
Opposition Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Nick Minchin, has put out a statement claiming Australia’s Federal Labor Government is trying to change its promise to deliver fibre based broadband to 98% of Australians by using wireless from commercial operators instead.
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Conroy: don’t be coy on Telstra proposal, says Minchin
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-14 00:08:40
It might be the political silly season but the Shadow Minister for Communications is pouring the pressure onto Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, to come clean on whether Telstra’s “non-compliant proposal” has “made the cut” in the bid to build the NBN.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-14 00:08:40
It might be the political silly season but the Shadow Minister for Communications is pouring the pressure onto Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, to come clean on whether Telstra’s “non-compliant proposal” has “made the cut” in the bid to build the NBN.
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Aussie NBN network already being bypassed by Next G?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-07 20:47:21
With plenty of talk recently about how wireless technologies could make the proposed Australian "National Broadband Network" or NBN redundant, Telstra is already demonstrating an 800km rollout of fibre in the Northern Territory alongside wireless solutions that are serving rural and regional Australia with high-speed broadband – today.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-07 20:47:21
With plenty of talk recently about how wireless technologies could make the proposed Australian "National Broadband Network" or NBN redundant, Telstra is already demonstrating an 800km rollout of fibre in the Northern Territory alongside wireless solutions that are serving rural and regional Australia with high-speed broadband – today.
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Telstra's plumber puts the case for a Telstra NBN
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-12-04 03:39:28
Telstra has staged the latest move in the ongoing PR battle over the National Broadband Network: a presentation from its 'Plumber', COO Greg Winn, seeking to communicate the complexity and difficulty of the project, and only Telstra's ability to build and operate it.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-12-04 03:39:28
Telstra has staged the latest move in the ongoing PR battle over the National Broadband Network: a presentation from its 'Plumber', COO Greg Winn, seeking to communicate the complexity and difficulty of the project, and only Telstra's ability to build and operate it.
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With no NBN, ADSL2+ will drive the “next five years of broadband”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-03 05:57:39
Telecommunications research firm Market Clarity says that Aussies are switching to high-speed ADSL 2+ services, “with or without the government’s NBN”, in a trend that “will drive the next five years of broadband market development”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-03 05:57:39
Telecommunications research firm Market Clarity says that Aussies are switching to high-speed ADSL 2+ services, “with or without the government’s NBN”, in a trend that “will drive the next five years of broadband market development”.
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CEDA says competition not NBN is key to broadband success
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-12-03 04:37:21
Leading economic think tank CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) has criticised the Federal Government's obsession with building the National Broadband Network, saying a subsidised $4.7 billion FTTN rollout is unnecessary. CEDA's report, Australia’s Broadband Future: Four doors to greater competition, maintains that focussing on FTTN to the exclusion of competing access methods will decrease competition.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-12-03 04:37:21
Leading economic think tank CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) has criticised the Federal Government's obsession with building the National Broadband Network, saying a subsidised $4.7 billion FTTN rollout is unnecessary. CEDA's report, Australia’s Broadband Future: Four doors to greater competition, maintains that focussing on FTTN to the exclusion of competing access methods will decrease competition.
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Quaking Quilty questions Singtel Optus $10 billion NBN “black hole”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-27 21:50:20
With many believing Telstra is set to win the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender, come what may, Telstra’s David Quilty is going out on an all-out attack on Singtel Optus, questioning its “$10 billion funding hole” and labelling it a “sub-prime NBN bidder”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-27 21:50:20
With many believing Telstra is set to win the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender, come what may, Telstra’s David Quilty is going out on an all-out attack on Singtel Optus, questioning its “$10 billion funding hole” and labelling it a “sub-prime NBN bidder”.
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Coalition clueless on broadband
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-11-05 00:38:11
Shadow communications minister, Nick Minchin, has been damning in his criticism of the Rudd Government's broadband policy, but has failed to offer any alternative.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-11-05 00:38:11
Shadow communications minister, Nick Minchin, has been damning in his criticism of the Rudd Government's broadband policy, but has failed to offer any alternative.
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Pressure grows for 100Mbps broadband, at least!
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-29 02:33:00
The Australian Government has no clear plans for broadband beyond the 12Mbps minimum specified in its National Broadband Network RFP but in New Zealand and the US lobby groups are already pushing for at least 100Mbps by 2015.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-29 02:33:00
The Australian Government has no clear plans for broadband beyond the 12Mbps minimum specified in its National Broadband Network RFP but in New Zealand and the US lobby groups are already pushing for at least 100Mbps by 2015.
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