Policy
Communications Minister and NBN champion Stephen Conroy has rebutted Coalition claims that the real cost of building the NBN is set to blow out to $94 billion.
The Federal Opposition says it will soon announce its new NBN policy. But in the meantime it has leaked many of the details to sympathetic media.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has directed Telstra to change two measures that will support the migration to the NBN.
A Government report shows that NBN Co received $946 million in Government funding in the second half of 2012, bringing total funding to $3,778 million.
Aussie telco TPG has been ordered to pay a $50,000 fine for misleading ads, but down on appeal from the $2 million it was originally ordered to pay.
More bad news for NBN Co – ACCC ‘not satisfied” with access provisions
By Graeme Philipson
The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has released its draft decision on the revised Special Access Undertaking (SAU) lodged by NBN Co.
NBN Co has confirmed it will use the special powers of the Telecommunications Act to enable it to access Ausgrid’s electricity distribution infrastructure for the NBN roll out, even though it and Ausgrid have failed to come to terms. Ausgrid is not happy.
Last year Google rationalised its many privacy policies. But its new unified system has run afoul of European regulators.
Things are about to get a lot worse for NBN Co. This week the ACCC rules on its access arrangements and pricing, and explosive documents leaked over the Easter weekend show it was aware back in February that its contractors were way behind schedule.
Telecom New Zealand has announced the official name and the retail pricing of its NBN equivalent – the Ultra Fibre broadband (UFB).
