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News (16)

• Budget: No money for broadband

  The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is disappointed the federal budget failed to allocate new funds to further the rollout of a world class high-speed broadband network.

• Broadband network big ticket item in budget

  Senator Conroy says the proposed national broadband network will rival the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme in terms of scale and significance.

• Budget: Few crumbs for ICT industry

  The Howard government's federal budget handed down yesterday contained little joy for Australia's ICT industry and the development of a world class communications sector.

• AU government under fire over rural telecomms deal

  The federal government has released an AU$181 million package of measures to placate rural and regional Australia's anger over telecommunications service limitations as the Telstra privatisation progresses.

• AU telecoms players brawl over competition

  Key players in Australia's telecommunications industry have staked out their ground in a heavyweight industry conference today, with the government and Telstra backing the current telecomms regime and SingTel Optus crying foul.

Blogs (4)

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  DCITA: Too many policies, too few policies?

  If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.

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  Govt's broadband strategy goes missing

  I should have known better, but I was still a bit suprised to find absolutely zilch for broadband in the latest Howard-Costello Budget.

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  Can the NBN survive the recession?

  In times of financial crisis, it's inevitable that companies reassess their financial plans.

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  NBN tender turns into bloodsport

  Fair is not what the National Broadband Network tender is about; it's bloodsport, and a fight for survival, and a challenge of the wills, and all the other sorts of superlatives you might expect from an Olympics announcer.

Features and Case Studies (4)

• Budget 2007: IT misses out on windfall

  The biggest loser in this week's budget was broadband -- not one cent was allocated to improve infrastructure works. However, security was the winner with funding confirmed to fight intellectual property crime and cyber-terrorist attacks.

• Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

  Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

• Broadband: Broadening the playing field

  Where are the broadband solutions for those who really need it here in Australia?

• Face off: Lundy vs. Williams

  Communications minister Daryl Williams and his political foe Kate Lundy debate on a wide range of issues, including three most pressing problems facing Australia's ICT industry.

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