Rio Tinto Alcan, the Northern Territory government and Telstra have decided to "broadband" Arnhem Land in the northern territory, laying 800km of fibre-optic cable.
Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo today said the telco was waiting on more information from the federal government before deciding on whether or not to bid to build the National Broadband Network (NBN).
New Zealand's competition regulator today said that Telecom New Zealand had remedied a breach of its separation undertakings linked to the spread of higher broadband speeds.
Telstra's New Zealand subsidiary TelstraClear has questioned the opposition National Party's plans for fibre-optic expansion in New Zealand, saying the main result of faster broadband links to the home may be more downloads of pornography and movies.
This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
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With a fierce battle raging over Australia's broadband future and how bush users should be connected, regulators have weighed in to produce a state of nation report into the country's communications infrastructure and how well consumers are being served by their providers.
The new interactive Telstra "flagship" store will be open from 2 November. Dubbed T.Life, the store is located at 400 George Street, on the corner of George and King on the group floor of the Telstra building.
The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.
As more people consume multimedia online, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are quietly upping the ante with new search tools for video.
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Telstra Country Wide has announced a AU$231 million investment in 2003/04 to improve services to regional areas.
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