items tagged with NBN
To improve broadband speeds, don't fiberise, optimise
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-25 19:39:09
The local head of wide area network optimisation specialist, Riverbed Technology, has delivered a stinging attack on the government's National Broadband Network project claiming end users are unlikely to see real benefits simply from fatter pipes and that the performance of existing broadband services could be greatly improved by widespread deployment of wide area network optimisation technologies.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-25 19:39:09
The local head of wide area network optimisation specialist, Riverbed Technology, has delivered a stinging attack on the government's National Broadband Network project claiming end users are unlikely to see real benefits simply from fatter pipes and that the performance of existing broadband services could be greatly improved by widespread deployment of wide area network optimisation technologies.
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Communications Alliance CEO Anne Hurley to leave in 2010 - UPDATED
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-24 22:33:22
Communications Alliance CEO, Anne Hurley, has announced that she will step down from the role in 2010. Her decision comes at a time when the NBN and re-energised consumer representation are putting increased pressure on the organisation.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-24 22:33:22
Communications Alliance CEO, Anne Hurley, has announced that she will step down from the role in 2010. Her decision comes at a time when the NBN and re-energised consumer representation are putting increased pressure on the organisation.
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NBN Co joins Communications Alliance
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-23 21:35:12
NBN Company has joined Communications Alliance, the peak body for the Australian communications industry.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-23 21:35:12
NBN Company has joined Communications Alliance, the peak body for the Australian communications industry.
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Final three Tas NBN Company board members named
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-20 23:25:40
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has named the final three directors to the board of the Tasmania NBN Company: senior Tasmanian public servant Mark Kelleher, Hobart academic Dr Daniel Norton and senior business executive Sean Woellner.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-20 23:25:40
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has named the final three directors to the board of the Tasmania NBN Company: senior Tasmanian public servant Mark Kelleher, Hobart academic Dr Daniel Norton and senior business executive Sean Woellner.
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Conroy unveils $60m eHealth NBN project fund
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-20 01:49:25
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has used an eHealth conference in Canberra to unveil a $60 million funding package to improve broadband-delivered health, emergency services and education in regional Australia.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-20 01:49:25
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has used an eHealth conference in Canberra to unveil a $60 million funding package to improve broadband-delivered health, emergency services and education in regional Australia.
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First NBN bill gets a second second reading
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-20 00:55:59
The Government has re-introduced its first piece of NBN legislation into the House of Representatives after first introducing it into the Senate, where debate on all NBN legislation has now been blocked by the Coalition and other members pending release by the government of information on the first failed NBN project.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-20 00:55:59
The Government has re-introduced its first piece of NBN legislation into the House of Representatives after first introducing it into the Senate, where debate on all NBN legislation has now been blocked by the Coalition and other members pending release by the government of information on the first failed NBN project.
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Australia's broadband penetration stagnates: Report
Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-08-20 00:43:08
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Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-08-20 00:43:08
Growth in the number of Australian internet users enjoying connections of more than 2 megabits per second has flatlined, according to a global networking report.
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Aerial cables could halve the cost of NBN: Ericsson
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2009-08-19 02:49:03
Attaching NBN fibre to power poles instead of putting it in underground ducts would reduce the cost of the rollout by one third to a half, according to an Ericsson guru on NBN matters.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2009-08-19 02:49:03
Attaching NBN fibre to power poles instead of putting it in underground ducts would reduce the cost of the rollout by one third to a half, according to an Ericsson guru on NBN matters.
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Forecast: NBN, school PCs underpin strong growth
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-18 20:50:21
Government spending will cushion the Australian IT market from the worst effects of the global financial crisis, while the NBN roll-out will give the sector a medium and long term shot in the arm, a report from analysts Business Monitor International says.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-18 20:50:21
Government spending will cushion the Australian IT market from the worst effects of the global financial crisis, while the NBN roll-out will give the sector a medium and long term shot in the arm, a report from analysts Business Monitor International says.
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Pacnet CEO believes NBN a waste of money
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2009-08-18 03:14:03
As Asian telecoms service provider Pacnet announces its intention to list on the NASDAQ in 2010, the company's CEO has derided the NBN as commercially unviable and believes the money would be better spent on a high bandwidth submarine cable between Australia and the US.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2009-08-18 03:14:03
As Asian telecoms service provider Pacnet announces its intention to list on the NASDAQ in 2010, the company's CEO has derided the NBN as commercially unviable and believes the money would be better spent on a high bandwidth submarine cable between Australia and the US.
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Coalition will seek amendments to NBN legislation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-18 01:50:20
The Federal Coalition says it will propose amendments to the Government's National Broadband Network Bill to address the concerns expressed by Coalition members of the Senate Committee that has just released its report after examining the bill.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-18 01:50:20
The Federal Coalition says it will propose amendments to the Government's National Broadband Network Bill to address the concerns expressed by Coalition members of the Senate Committee that has just released its report after examining the bill.
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Coalition senators oppose first NBN legislation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-17 16:35:29
The Senate Committee enquiring into the legislation designed to facilitate the rollout of the National Broadband Network has tabled its report with coalition committee members calling for the legislation to apply only to the NBN implementation study, and for the government to return to the Parliament for fresh legislation should such be required.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-08-17 16:35:29
The Senate Committee enquiring into the legislation designed to facilitate the rollout of the National Broadband Network has tabled its report with coalition committee members calling for the legislation to apply only to the NBN implementation study, and for the government to return to the Parliament for fresh legislation should such be required.
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Mobile broadband ‘no threat’ to fixed broadband services
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-08-16 00:53:18
Fuelled by regional government broadband initiatives, including Australia's NBN, Asia-Pacific fixed broadband subscribers are expected to grow 17.3 percent to reach 182 million users by the end of this year, with total industry billings for the region estimated to top US$44.9 billion which will be 13.3 percent more than billings in 2008.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-08-16 00:53:18
Fuelled by regional government broadband initiatives, including Australia's NBN, Asia-Pacific fixed broadband subscribers are expected to grow 17.3 percent to reach 182 million users by the end of this year, with total industry billings for the region estimated to top US$44.9 billion which will be 13.3 percent more than billings in 2008.
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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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Former ALP staffer, lobbyist appointed to Tassie NBN Co
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-13 21:01:21
One of the four directors appointed yesterday to the Tasmania NBN Company board is a registered Canberra lobbyist and former ALP staffer with links to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-13 21:01:21
One of the four directors appointed yesterday to the Tasmania NBN Company board is a registered Canberra lobbyist and former ALP staffer with links to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
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Fat but not obscene: NBN chief’s pay packet
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-13 18:12:20
Kevin Rudd’s war on Fat Cat salaries has produced its first moderately overweight cat, with Government announcing a maximum salary of $1.95 million for new NBN Company chief executive Mike Quigley.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-13 18:12:20
Kevin Rudd’s war on Fat Cat salaries has produced its first moderately overweight cat, with Government announcing a maximum salary of $1.95 million for new NBN Company chief executive Mike Quigley.
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NBN Tassie gets directors - None in Tasmania
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-13 06:10:17
The Australian Government has appointed the first four Board directors to the Tasmania NBN Company joint venture with the Tasmania Government and Aurora Energy – with more to come as negotiations between the partners mature.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-13 06:10:17
The Australian Government has appointed the first four Board directors to the Tasmania NBN Company joint venture with the Tasmania Government and Aurora Energy – with more to come as negotiations between the partners mature.
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PM appoints new Broadband, Finance chiefs
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-13 05:01:21
As part of the biggest reshuffle of public service Mandarins in a decade, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has appointed a senior Victorian bureaucrat Peter Harris to take the reins of the department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-13 05:01:21
As part of the biggest reshuffle of public service Mandarins in a decade, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has appointed a senior Victorian bureaucrat Peter Harris to take the reins of the department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy.
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NBN Co board meets, sorts out Tassie offspring
Written By: James Riley
Section: The Big House
Category: Australian Government ICT Blog
2009-08-12 21:27:02
At the top of the agenda when the newly-appointed NBN Company board meets in Canberra today – after a brief photo-op with the Minister at Parliament House – will be the composition of the Tasmania NBN Company board.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: The Big House
Category: Australian Government ICT Blog
2009-08-12 21:27:02
At the top of the agenda when the newly-appointed NBN Company board meets in Canberra today – after a brief photo-op with the Minister at Parliament House – will be the composition of the Tasmania NBN Company board.
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Patricia Scott exits department, NBN roles
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-12 18:51:32
The long-serving communications department secretary Patricia Scott will leave the post shortly as part of a Rudd Government shake-up of the most senior ranks of public servants.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-12 18:51:32
The long-serving communications department secretary Patricia Scott will leave the post shortly as part of a Rudd Government shake-up of the most senior ranks of public servants.
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