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  • WA Govt bins $1bn broadband network

    The Western Australian Government has decided to bin its plan to roll out a statewide broadband network.

  • Oppn slams NBN forum as waste of time

    Opposition communications spokesman Tony Smith has slammed the federal government for spending more than $500,000 of taxpayers' money on a forum dedicated to Australia's "broadband future".

  • Govt reveals Dec broadband forum

    The Federal Government today revealed it had organised what it described as a "major forum" on the future of Australia's digital economy in the wake of the construction of the National Broadband Network.

  • NBN could repeat Aussat failure

    Analysis from the Royal Bank of Scotland has likened the investment in the National Broadband Network to a satellite network the government invested in during the 80s, which former Prime Minister Paul Keating once described as a billion dollar piece of "space junk".

  • NZ Govt details NZ$1.5Bn NBN roll-out

    The New Zealand Government today released the final details of its nationwide NZ$1.5 billion ultra-fast broadband roll-out, saying priority would be given to connecting schools, hospitals, health service providers and homes in new sub-divisions.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Give me a ship, and a trading scheme to steer her by

    Watching the latest, hilarious stage in the Jimmy Kimmel-Matt Damon "feud" -- which racked up 2.5 million YouTube views in one day -- I was struck by a thought: who in the world is paying for all this bandwidth?

  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    IT: Govt's cost-cutting bitch

    The government needs to stop looking at IT as a necessary evil or the place to remove costs when the Treasurer comes calling.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    NBN tackling the questions

    Hot on the heals of the release of a new Communications Alliance discussion paper, Phil Dobbie spoke to four industry players to tackle some of the fundamental questions that the industry, and hopefully the government, are asking.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    And the NBN winner is...

    Next week the government will announce the winning bidder for the build of the National Broadband Network. The announcement is expected when Kevin Rudd returns from the G20 in London.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?

    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.

Features and Case Studies (38)

  • Conroy charts national broadband agenda

    The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.

  • The next Internet revolution is coming

    "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come," said Howard Charney, Cisco's senior vice president, borrowing from Victor Hugo to summarise the power of the Internet.

  • Broadband in Ballarat?

    Getting broadband to everyone in Australia should be a major concern for businesses and government.

  • Broadband: Lessons from South Korea

    Connection speeds that Australians can only dream of are readily available to South Korean consumers and businesses -- thanks to government support for a massive infrastructure rollout.

  • WiMax in the wings

    A key electronics industry group has approved a significant standard for wireless broadband specifications known as "WiMax," giving a boost to a technology proclaimed as a breakthrough for cheap high-speed Internet access.

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