items tagged with National Broadband Network Australia
The National Broadband Network is a proposed Fibre to the Node (FTTN) and/or Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) network in Australia. The Australian Government has called for proposals to build an Open Access Network providing download speeds of 12 Megabits per second or more to at least 98% of Australian homes and businesses, for which it is offering to contribute up to A$4.7 billion, in the form of a public private partnership. It will be the largest single infrastructure investment in Australia's history
Telstra lodges NBN bid that isn't
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-11-25 20:31:51
Telstra has provided the Federal Government with an outline of what it says could be achieved through the detailed bid it has prepared in response to the National Broadband Network RFP but which it has not submitted "due to a number of unresolved issues in the Government's Request for Proposals (RFP)."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-11-25 20:31:51
Telstra has provided the Federal Government with an outline of what it says could be achieved through the detailed bid it has prepared in response to the National Broadband Network RFP but which it has not submitted "due to a number of unresolved issues in the Government's Request for Proposals (RFP)."
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Poll 'proves' the people favour Telstra for NBN
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-11-24 04:37:56
Just before the 26 November deadline for the National Broadband Network RFP Telstra appears to be trying to spook the government into backing down from its brinkmanship with the 'release' of market research purportedly showing that the voters are solidly behind the idea of Telstra building the NBN, but these research findings need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-11-24 04:37:56
Just before the 26 November deadline for the National Broadband Network RFP Telstra appears to be trying to spook the government into backing down from its brinkmanship with the 'release' of market research purportedly showing that the voters are solidly behind the idea of Telstra building the NBN, but these research findings need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
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NBN cutover a "billon dollar problem" - but NEC has a solution
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-11-23 22:57:52
Did the Labor Party factor this in when it costed the National Broadband Network at about $8 billion? According to NEC the costs in labour alone of cutting over telephone lines from the old telephone network to a future fibre to the node network could run to $100 per line.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-11-23 22:57:52
Did the Labor Party factor this in when it costed the National Broadband Network at about $8 billion? According to NEC the costs in labour alone of cutting over telephone lines from the old telephone network to a future fibre to the node network could run to $100 per line.
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Broadband number crunching
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-11-20 23:31:36
The pundits seem to be trying to outdo each other with forecasts for broadband uptake. One thinks the world has now passed the billion user milestone, and Ericsson reckons that in five years time 80 percent of all broadband connections will be mobile, which would be a serious problem for the builder of the National Broadband Network.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-11-20 23:31:36
The pundits seem to be trying to outdo each other with forecasts for broadband uptake. One thinks the world has now passed the billion user milestone, and Ericsson reckons that in five years time 80 percent of all broadband connections will be mobile, which would be a serious problem for the builder of the National Broadband Network.
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Terria takes its message to Tamworth
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-11-20 05:06:52
Terria - the Optus led consortium bidding to build the National Broadband Network - held a community consultation in Tamworth to spell out its plans for the network and re-iterate its promise to prioritise installation in regional Australia.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-11-20 05:06:52
Terria - the Optus led consortium bidding to build the National Broadband Network - held a community consultation in Tamworth to spell out its plans for the network and re-iterate its promise to prioritise installation in regional Australia.
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Ovum asks if Australia really needs an NBN?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-17 23:31:07
Thanks to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australia is going through the hurdles of choosing the technology for a “National Broadband Network” (NBN), smack bang in the middle of a time when wireless technology is improving so much that going wired almost seems like going backwards.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-11-17 23:31:07
Thanks to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australia is going through the hurdles of choosing the technology for a “National Broadband Network” (NBN), smack bang in the middle of a time when wireless technology is improving so much that going wired almost seems like going backwards.
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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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Telstra pulls out of broadband conference alleging panel bias
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-11-03 18:55:26
Telstra has made an eleventh hour withdrawal from a broadband conference being held in Sydney on 5 and 6 November claiming that a discussion panel was overly weighted with its competitors, and that non-disclosure terms of the NBN RFP would have precluded it from making any meaningful contribution in a 'showcase' session.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-11-03 18:55:26
Telstra has made an eleventh hour withdrawal from a broadband conference being held in Sydney on 5 and 6 November claiming that a discussion panel was overly weighted with its competitors, and that non-disclosure terms of the NBN RFP would have precluded it from making any meaningful contribution in a 'showcase' session.
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ACTU slams Telstra over its hard line on NBN
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-10-27 06:57:02
The hardline stance of Telstra management on the National Broadband Network has stirred up a powerful new opponent: the Australian Council of Trade Unions which has been lobbying institutional investors claiming that Telstra is in danger of putting $11.9b of shareholder value and thousand of jobs at risk if it refuses to participate.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-10-27 06:57:02
The hardline stance of Telstra management on the National Broadband Network has stirred up a powerful new opponent: the Australian Council of Trade Unions which has been lobbying institutional investors claiming that Telstra is in danger of putting $11.9b of shareholder value and thousand of jobs at risk if it refuses to participate.
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It's 'Terria Firma' as consortium members vow "rock solid" support
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-10-27 01:04:05
The CEOs of the remaining five members of the one-time eight-member Terria consortium planning to bid for Australia's National Broadband Network have confirmed their 'rock solid' support for Terria.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-10-27 01:04:05
The CEOs of the remaining five members of the one-time eight-member Terria consortium planning to bid for Australia's National Broadband Network have confirmed their 'rock solid' support for Terria.
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'That's the last defector', says Terria as TransACT exits
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-10-26 22:23:38
The chairman of Terria, the multicarrier consortium lead by Optus that is bidding for Australia's Next Generation Broadband Network, says he does not expect any more members to pull out, after TransACT followed AAPT and Soul in exiting from the consortium.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-10-26 22:23:38
The chairman of Terria, the multicarrier consortium lead by Optus that is bidding for Australia's Next Generation Broadband Network, says he does not expect any more members to pull out, after TransACT followed AAPT and Soul in exiting from the consortium.
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CEOs surveyed on broadband: want more but don't know what they've got.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-20 22:32:34
The release of a survey of Australian CEOs that purports to measure industry demand for broadband has been hailed by the Government has vindication of its plans for a National Broadband Network, but a third of respondents had no idea of the speed of their current broadband service and none were asked to specify exactly what speed of service they were using.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-20 22:32:34
The release of a survey of Australian CEOs that purports to measure industry demand for broadband has been hailed by the Government has vindication of its plans for a National Broadband Network, but a third of respondents had no idea of the speed of their current broadband service and none were asked to specify exactly what speed of service they were using.
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Looking for upside as AAPT exits from National Broadband consortium
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-16 19:31:58
AAPT has dealt a serious blow to Terria's credibility and to its chances of winning the Australian Government's National Broadband Network contract, but maybe there is an upside.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-16 19:31:58
AAPT has dealt a serious blow to Terria's credibility and to its chances of winning the Australian Government's National Broadband Network contract, but maybe there is an upside.
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Telstra delivers NBN ultimatum
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-14 07:54:37
Telstra has mounted what might be its strongest attack to date on any attempt by the government to deny it the right to build the national broadband network on its terms, claiming it will refuse any other builder access to the copper pairs connecting customers and that it will compete vigorously with a non-Telstra NBN using alternative infrastructure.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-14 07:54:37
Telstra has mounted what might be its strongest attack to date on any attempt by the government to deny it the right to build the national broadband network on its terms, claiming it will refuse any other builder access to the copper pairs connecting customers and that it will compete vigorously with a non-Telstra NBN using alternative infrastructure.
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T4 accuses Telstra of “nonsense” over NBN pricing
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-10-09 00:52:45
Dubbing Telstra’s recent statements as an “amazing broadband price yo-yo” and accusing Telstra over its ability to count or be honest over the cost of the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN), the T4 (Tell the Trust Telstra) coalition says it’s all a load of “nonsense”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-10-09 00:52:45
Dubbing Telstra’s recent statements as an “amazing broadband price yo-yo” and accusing Telstra over its ability to count or be honest over the cost of the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN), the T4 (Tell the Trust Telstra) coalition says it’s all a load of “nonsense”.
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Telstra quick to claim broadband as infrastructure priority
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-10-02 23:12:15
Telstra’s still-new “Dr Phil”, David Quilty, has issued a statement urging the Australian Federal Government to make broadband its first infrastructure priority, affirming Telstra’s belief it is still the best company placed to build the National Broadband Network and bemoaning the regulatory hurdles that Telstra says has cost 3 years of time.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-10-02 23:12:15
Telstra’s still-new “Dr Phil”, David Quilty, has issued a statement urging the Australian Federal Government to make broadband its first infrastructure priority, affirming Telstra’s belief it is still the best company placed to build the National Broadband Network and bemoaning the regulatory hurdles that Telstra says has cost 3 years of time.
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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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Broadband the Singapore way. What lessons for Australia?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-28 20:02:22
The Singapore Government has just announced a consortium, OpenNet, as the winner of its RFP for the building of a next generation broadband access network, and expects it to deliver a fibre to the home network capable of 1Gbps to over 90 percent of Singaporean homes and businesses by 2012. The way Singapore has gone about this is in stark contrast to Australia.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-28 20:02:22
The Singapore Government has just announced a consortium, OpenNet, as the winner of its RFP for the building of a next generation broadband access network, and expects it to deliver a fibre to the home network capable of 1Gbps to over 90 percent of Singaporean homes and businesses by 2012. The way Singapore has gone about this is in stark contrast to Australia.
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Is there really such need for haste on National Broadband Network?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-19 01:09:53
Not in the UK, certainly if the latest in-depth examination of the issue has got it right. Perhaps Australia could learn some lessons from it.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-19 01:09:53
Not in the UK, certainly if the latest in-depth examination of the issue has got it right. Perhaps Australia could learn some lessons from it.
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Terria touts for supplier for NBN rollout
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-09-16 02:05:52
Terria, the consortium of eight Australian telcos planning to bid against Telstra for the right to build Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN), is canvassing for potential suppliers for every aspect of the network build.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-09-16 02:05:52
Terria, the consortium of eight Australian telcos planning to bid against Telstra for the right to build Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN), is canvassing for potential suppliers for every aspect of the network build.
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