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  • New G9 boss insulted by Telstra network details

    Former Soul CEO Michael Simmons will be taking up duties overseeing G9's bid for the national broadband network, and has today called for the ACCC to intervene in the tender process.

  • Optus: We will ditch FTTN without deadline delay

    Optus has threatened to pull out of the fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) tender process unless the government approves operational separation for Telstra and a delay to the bid deadline, while Telstra has threatened to withdraw if it does.

  • UPDATE: Australian registrar linked to NZ domain "scam"

    Internet Name Group has been implicated in a mass mail-out marketing scheme that has come under the scrutiny of domain registry authorities in New Zealand.

  • Conroy defends 'fluffy, insubstantial' FTTN tender

    Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has hit back at criticism the government's fibre-to-the-node tender documents are far too light on detail, saying they were designed that way.

  • Fibre in their hands: Crucial panel unveiled

    With the details of who will build Australia's bush broadband network freshly released, the government has also taken the next step towards choosing whether Telstra or the rival G9 consortium will build the long-awaited 50Mbps urban fibre network.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

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