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  • Deadline looms for FTTN opinions

    The Federal government has issued a reminder notice to stakeholders in the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network, as the deadline for submissions on the project nears.

  • Telstra must split if it wins FTTN bid: States

    Commonwealth, state and local government representatives have agreed to work on a unified approach to Australia's broadband infrastructure as pressure mounts on the Federal government to insist on a structural separation of Telstra.

  • FTTN plan delayed as Labor reveals fibre brains

    Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has revealed the panel that will evaluate tenders to build Australia's AU$4.7 billion fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network -- and that the rollout plan has been hit with a delay of several months.

  • Conroy FTTN demand puts Telstra spending on hold

    Telstra has confirmed it will provide the government with the information it is seeking on the telco's broadband network -- and will put some of its investment on hold until after the fibre-to-the-node tender process is over.

  • Is Optus already throwing in the towel on FTTN?

    If analyst group CEG speaks on behalf of Optus, it looks likes we can assume the carrier has given up on its chances of winning the coveted NBN (national broadband network) tender being considered by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

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    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.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Labor: Clueless on wireless?

    If there ever were concrete evidence that Labor is blowing smoke up the proverbials of the Australian population, it came earlier this month as Senator Stephen Conroy, the man charged with promoting Labor's fibre-everywhere policy while simultaneously taking potshots at his counterpart Senator Helen Coonan, put his foot squarely in his mouth.

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