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  • Optus defends Terria NBN bid

    Despite the loss of several key industry partners and the economic downturn, Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan said today that the Terria consortium was ready to meet the requirements of the Federal Government's national broadband network (NBN) tender.

  • Telstra, Terria jostle for position

    Terria and Telstra today welcomed Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's move to name 26 November as the final deadline for bids to build and operate the planned national broadband network, but did not change their positions on how the initiative should go forward.

  • Soul-TPG drops out of Terria

    TPG-Soul has pulled out of the Terria consortium today, saying the nation doesn't need a national broadband network.

  • TransACT quits Terria too

    TransACT has decided to pull out of Terria, the consortium bidding against Telstra for the government's $4.7 billion national broadband network, shortly after the departure of two other members AAPT and Soul.

  • NBN supplier round-up: Who's in

    Regardless of whether Telstra, Terria or anybody else wins the $4.7 billion national broadband network contract, network hardware suppliers are going to cash in to the tune of billions. We take you through the list of the most likely suspects to win the work.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Once a pit bull, Terria is losing its bite

    The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Let's build our own damn NBN

    If there's fibre running to the node down my street by the end of 2009, I'll eat my own shoes with mustard sauce.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    NBN a lose-lose deal for Telstra

    Labor's policy of socialised broadband has certainly proved much harder than the party believed it would be back when it was in Opposition, but it is Telstra that stands to lose the most from the NBN - and that applies whether it loses the NBN contract or wins it.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Dear carriers: More walking, less talking

    Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.

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