The Queensland Government has set out a four year plan designed to enable the state to maximise its opportunities from the rollout of the NBN

A New Zealand study into the potential applications and demand for high-speed broadband services has concluded that cloud computing services for consumers could be a major driver.

The Federal Government has launched a three year, $5.1m trial of virtual English language tuition over the NBN designed to help new migrants settle into regional communities.

IPTV numbers are seriously on the rise with more than 300,000 Australian homes now accessing an IPTV service, meaning around one in ten subscription TV services are currently delivered over broadband.

Optus has announced prices for small business services offered over the NBN in the five first release sites.

It was with considerable sadness that the Australian tech and Internet world learned of Exetel CEO John Linton’s passing due to a stroke, while also taking away one of the NBN’s fiercest critics.

The Federal Government is to provide $4.9m to give children with hearing or vision impairment in regional and remote Australia access to specialist services and therapies through the National Broadband Network (NBN).

The Competitive Carriers' Coalition says the exemption granted by the Federal Government to Telstra will mean thousands of Australians will not gain the full benefits of competition.

Communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy, has announced that Telstra will provide an open access wholesale service on fibre networks it is deploying in South Brisbane and some new real estate projects.

The Federal Government has launched a telehealth pilot program that will use the National Broadband Network to provide services to older Australians, people living with cancer and those requiring palliative care.

NBN Co is to launch a trial of its fixed wireless network service, starting in April.

Forty five percent CEOs of a wide range of businesses have responded to a survey by saying they lack the skills and capabilities to take advantage of the NBN. Three years ago the figure was only 20 percent.

The ACCC has received three submissions: from AAPT, Optus and on behalf of Adam Internet, iiNet, Internode and TransACT all similarly critical of the revised structural separation undertaking submitted by Telstra to the ACCC last month.

The Federal Government is to stage a Telework Week in November "to showcase benefits of working from home" and to, hopefully, increase demand for services delivered over the NBN.

Australia’s new government created national broadband company, NBN Co, has signed its 4000th customer, and while the company’s own internal projections had user numbers around ten times larger, the fact a government program hasn’t as yet lived up to its own projected milestones is a fact of life these days.

In a post on the official Internode blog yesterday, CEO Simon Hackett told customers business will remain as usual at least for the mid-term, following the pre-Christmas news that iiNet will acquire the Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Under its corporate plan, NBN Co is tasked with delivering broadband services of up to 100 megabits per second (Mb/s) to the 93 per cent of Australian homes eventually serviced by its fibre network. However, recent warnings from cyber security experts in both the New South Wales and Victorian Police suggest that consumers, service providers and regulators should be considering the security risks posed by the very characteristics identified as benefits of the NBN.

The ACCC has initiated its statutory public enquiry into NBN Co's special access undertaking (SAU) with release of a preliminary consultation paper but the real consultation paper seeking the views of stakeholders will not be released until mid February.

Communications Alliance is planning to develop guidelines for the end-to-end performance of Internet Protocol networks, such as the NBN.

Vodafone has connected its first customers to the National Broadband Network, in Armidale: a move that marks its first foray into fixed network offerings.