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  • Gippsland TAFE to train NBN workers

    The Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE in Victoria will upgrade some of its training facilities to prepare students for jobs helping to construct the $43 billion National Broadband Network, the Federal Government announced today.

  • NBN Company hires CIO, govt chief

    The National Broadband Network Company has nabbed Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's chief of staff to be its new government relations and external affairs chief, as well as separately appointing a chief information officer.

  • Telstra must move quickly on NBN

    Telstra should move quickly to negotiate as favourable a strategic NBN position possible, analysts have warned after the government's bombshell announcement yesterday that it would separate the telco's retail and wholesale operations if the company didn't voluntarily separate first.

  • NBN super Tuesday: It's on today

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is expected to announce the winner of the government's $4.7 billion National Broadband Network contract early this morning at 8:15AM at a Canberra press conference with Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Treasurer Wayne Swan.

  • FTTH benefit calcs too hard, says consultant

    A recent report commissioned to take a peek into the benefits of smart technologies has shied away from putting a number on the economic benefits of the government's $43 billion fibre-to-the-home project due to "insufficient data".

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  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Tasmanian Premier Bartlett talks NBN

    In today's Twisted Wire, Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett explains his vision for a broadband enabled Tasmania, that will "leapfrog every other nation on earth".

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Will Rudd's 'adios' threaten NBN funding?

    As the knee-jerk defensive responses to Rudd's "adios" subside and Australia moves on, has Rudd made Australia that little less appealing to the overseas investors he desperately needs to fund his NBN?

  • 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 - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

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  • A united broadband front

    In the year leading up to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's $43 billion National Broadband Network decision, a group of chief executives was quietly working away at winning over important members of federal cabinet to the merits of a digital economy.

  • Telstra's new blood infusion

    The remaking of the post-Trujillo era of Telstra continues apace, with Catherine Livingstone starting to put her own stamp on what was a fractious and fractured boardroom.

  • Are clueless politicians holding IT back?

    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

  • Telstra Sydney protest: Photos

    Two of Telstra's unions commenced industrial action this week; this gallery documents a protest held on Tuesday morning outside Telstra's Elizabeth St, Sydney office, during the strike.

  • Phil Burgess' best quotes

    Telstra's bombastic public policy chief Phil Burgess has peppered the Australian public with vitriolic and memorable quotes since his ascension to the role in July 2005. From whether his mother should buy Telstra shares to Darryl Kerrigan in the castle, Dr Phil had it all. We've collated some of the best.

Videos (1)

  • Telstra's union on strike, NBN exit

    Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) national president Ed Husic talks about how Telstra's strikes are going and what Telstra's fall from the national broadband network process means to its workers.

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