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Technology will lower book prices: Tanner
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-11-15 03:37:24
Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner has defended the Rudd Government's record on micro-economic reform in the wake of its continued protection of the book publishing industry, pointing to the telecommunications reforms currently before the Parliament as a huge and challenging undertaking.


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Optus chief urges Senate to pass telco reforms
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-11-15 01:08:02
Optus chief Paul O'Sullivan has urged Federal Parliament to pass without delay telecommunications reform legislation scheduled to be debated in the Senate over the next two weeks, saying the changes will unleash a new wave of competition in the sector.


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NBN 'a platform for innovation'
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-11-01 19:41:01
The National Broadband Network (NBN) could become a technological platform for innovation by Australian companies, according to a senior executive at a leading professional services firm.


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Coalition should get out of the way: Tanner
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-11-01 06:27:00
The Coalition had 11 years to fix competition problems in telecommunications and did nothing, and should now get out of the way and let Government reform the sector, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said.


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Comms Alliance progresses NBN model
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Networks

2009-10-28 08:28:33
Communications Alliance has announced further progress in its work to develop an architecture model for the National Broadband Network.


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Telstra may sell assets elsewhere: Analyst
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-28 00:31:55
Telstra is almost certainly looking for potential buyers of its network assets outside of the NBN Company in a structurally separated scenario that would work against Government’s objectives for the telecommunications sector, analysts say.


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Telstra's Thodey targets online service growth
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2009-10-27 20:14:43
Telstra chief executive David Thodey has reaffirmed financial guidance for 2009-10 with low single digit growth and says the company is on target to achieve free cash flow of $6 billion for the year.


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Huge $25B gap between Govt and Telstra valuations
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-26 20:00:51
The existing Telstra copper network is worth between $8 billion and $33 billion – and the yawning gap is the difference between the buyer and seller.


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Govt calls for Senate to lift ban on NBN debate
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-25 21:50:16
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has tabled documents with the Senate asking that it lifts an order that currently prevents consideration of any bill related to its National Broadband Network proposal.


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Business Council slams NBN plans
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-25 20:48:05
The Business Council of Australia has raised a number of significant concerns with the Governments' $43b National Broadband Network and says the implementation study is the only way for these to be addressed. It has called for the output of the study to be made public.


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TransACT preparing IPTV upgrade
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2009-10-21 23:38:57
Communications provider TransACT will upgrade its system to deliver IPTV to customers. The company's fibre network covers Canberra and Queanbeyan.


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Minchin a 'complete Luddite': Conroy
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2009-10-21 01:51:33
Stephen Conroy, Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has branded his Opposition counterpart "a complete Luddite." The Opposition continues to delay telecommunications reform legislation.


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NBN: Harvard backs open access model
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-18 05:51:26
A fundamental requirement for reducing broadband prices and increasing speeds has been the existence of an open access regime, a Harvard University study conducted on behalf of the US regulator has found.


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Download caps likely to stay: NBN Co
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-17 23:56:30
Broadband users looking forward to the removal of download caps from internet pricing are likely to be disappointed: Even the NBN Company doubts the fatter pipes will mean the end of the download cap regime.


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No more telecom reform delays: Conroy
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-13 23:21:15
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has poured cold water on calls to delay the Senate debate on telecommunications reform, saying Government is committed to its passage by the end of the year.


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NBN an opportunity for wholesalers: Telstra
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-13 00:25:36
Predictions of the demise of Telstra Wholesale in the face of an open access, wholesale-only National Broadband Network are vastly premature, the company’s new wholesale chief Paul Geason said.


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Telstra reforms will proceed this year: Conroy
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-09 01:10:06
The Rudd Government remains committed to having its telecommunications regulations passed this year, despite calls from Telstra to delay debate on the issue until Australia's largest carrier had completed its negotiations with authorities over the proposed changes.


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Telstra urges Senate to delay NBN debate
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-08 22:54:18
Regulatory Reform NBN SubmissionTelstra has come out swinging in its submission into the Senate inquiry into regulatory reform, urging the Senate to delay debate on National Broadband Network until after the Government's implementation study is complete.


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NBN: Pipe presses Feds for better facilities access
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-08 02:20:54
Even as Pipe Networks partied in Sydney Thursday night to celebrate the launch of its PPC-1 trans-Pacific cable, the company was pressing Government for changes to proposed legislation to give it better access to interconnect facilities.


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Corning wins first NBN fibre deal for Tassie
Written By: James Riley
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Networks

2009-10-07 19:55:36
The NBN Company has passed a significant milestone with the awarding of its first contract for glass fibre cable - the intitial 300 kilometres - for the network that will ultimately connect homes and businesses across Australia.


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