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
Auditor General says Conroy breached broadband tender requirements: opposition
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-23 04:41:45
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-23 04:41:45
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.
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Conroy backs down on NBN RFP deadline
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-05-21 20:29:01
Australia's Communications minister Stephen Conroy has caved in to pressure from would be bidders for the National Broadband Network saying the July 25 deadline will be extended to a date 12 weeks beyond that on which all required network information becomes available.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-05-21 20:29:01
Australia's Communications minister Stephen Conroy has caved in to pressure from would be bidders for the National Broadband Network saying the July 25 deadline will be extended to a date 12 weeks beyond that on which all required network information becomes available.
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G9 becomes TERRiA, barks about structural separation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-05-21 04:15:57
The group of carrier competitors to Telstra widely expected to submit a bid to build Australia's national broadband network and win up to $4.7b of government funding has announced a new name, TERRiA, saying it will develop a structurally separated model, but it has not commited to responding the NBN RFP as it stands.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-05-21 04:15:57
The group of carrier competitors to Telstra widely expected to submit a bid to build Australia's national broadband network and win up to $4.7b of government funding has announced a new name, TERRiA, saying it will develop a structurally separated model, but it has not commited to responding the NBN RFP as it stands.
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Former NSW treasurer Michael Egan to chair G9
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-05-14 21:41:05
Former NSW Treasurer, Michael Egan has been appointed as chairman of the Optus led G9 carrier consortium planning to bid for the Australian Government funded National Broadband Network.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-05-14 21:41:05
Former NSW Treasurer, Michael Egan has been appointed as chairman of the Optus led G9 carrier consortium planning to bid for the Australian Government funded National Broadband Network.
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G9 and T4 team up to target Telstra UPDATED
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-05-13 02:41:01
A group representing most of the main carrier competitors to Telstra has launched a new lobbying campaign and web site to counter what it says is a threatened "return to a Telstra monopoly and sky high broadband prices."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-05-13 02:41:01
A group representing most of the main carrier competitors to Telstra has launched a new lobbying campaign and web site to counter what it says is a threatened "return to a Telstra monopoly and sky high broadband prices."
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Telstra network information "useless" says G9
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-05-13 01:02:57
The Optus-led consortium that is expected to bid for the Australian Government's national broadband network has dismissed the network information provided by Telstra as next to useless.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-05-13 01:02:57
The Optus-led consortium that is expected to bid for the Australian Government's national broadband network has dismissed the network information provided by Telstra as next to useless.
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Telstra hands over network info for broadband network RFP
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-12 21:37:22
Telstra has provided to the government network information crucial to any other potential bidders for the $4.7b of government funding for a national broadband network, but there are few not-insignificant hurdles to be surmounted before they can get their hands on it.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-12 21:37:22
Telstra has provided to the government network information crucial to any other potential bidders for the $4.7b of government funding for a national broadband network, but there are few not-insignificant hurdles to be surmounted before they can get their hands on it.
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Australian Opposition demands AG review of National Broadband Network tender
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-05-06 22:28:31
Australia's shadow communications minister, Bruce Billson, has issued a damning indictment of the Government's National Broadband Network (NBN) RFP process and has called on the Commonwealth Auditor General to conduct "an urgent, full and thorough investigation".
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-05-06 22:28:31
Australia's shadow communications minister, Bruce Billson, has issued a damning indictment of the Government's National Broadband Network (NBN) RFP process and has called on the Commonwealth Auditor General to conduct "an urgent, full and thorough investigation".
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Australian comms minister canvasses structural separation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-06 07:46:13
Australia's communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy, has said that he would consider a structural separation of Telstra along the lines of separation regimes introduced in Singapore, the UK and New Zealand in order to ensure a competitive market in the provision of future broadband services.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-06 07:46:13
Australia's communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy, has said that he would consider a structural separation of Telstra along the lines of separation regimes introduced in Singapore, the UK and New Zealand in order to ensure a competitive market in the provision of future broadband services.
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ACCC's role in evaluating broadband network proposals is indeed 'critical'
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-04-17 01:55:56
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has sought to defend the evaluation process for responses to his RFP for a national broadband network, describing the ACCC's role as critical. Critical as in: "having a decisive or crucial importance in the success or failure of something" it is not. Try critical as in "having the potential to become disastrous" instead.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-04-17 01:55:56
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has sought to defend the evaluation process for responses to his RFP for a national broadband network, describing the ACCC's role as critical. Critical as in: "having a decisive or crucial importance in the success or failure of something" it is not. Try critical as in "having the potential to become disastrous" instead.
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The bid to build Australia's FTTN network: a one horse race
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-04-13 03:35:15
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has issued his long-awaited request for proposals to build a broadband network delivering at least 12Mbps to 98 percent of the Australian population, with up to $4.7b of government funding. It seems to have been set up as a one horse race for Telstra.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-04-13 03:35:15
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has issued his long-awaited request for proposals to build a broadband network delivering at least 12Mbps to 98 percent of the Australian population, with up to $4.7b of government funding. It seems to have been set up as a one horse race for Telstra.
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