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  • Telstra CEO refuses to confirm fibre bid

    Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo told reporters today he could not confirm whether the telco will bid to build Australia's fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network, as the relationship between the telco and government continues to deteriorate.

  • G9 wants to be a FTTN monopoly: Conroy

    The contract for Australia's fibre-to-the-node network is now up for grabs but the government has been accused of trying to return Australian broadband to a monopoly system which is just the way the G9 likes it, according to Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Soul denies withholding contractors' pay

    Soul Telemedia has hit back at claims that a number of its workers have not been paid entitlements after the company shifted some of its functions offshore, after the departure of former CEO Michael Simmons.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Could you believe in Steve?

    For no particular reason that I can discern, a 1979 Kenny Rogers song popped into my head as I was considering the ever more complex morass that is the national broadband network tender which Senator Stephen Conroy defended in his CeBIT keynote speech.

  • 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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