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  • Labor's $2bn fibre fund blocked by Howard govt

    The Coalition has thrown a major spanner in the works of Labor's broadband strategy by locking down the AU$2 billion fund that Labour was going to use to finance its fibre-to-the-node network.

  • Conroy resorts to law to get Telstra's information

    Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will be introducing legislation in Parliament today to ensure that Australia's big telecommunications players hand over information about their infrastructure to the Labor government ahead of its planned national FTTN rollout.

  • Govt takes issue with CEDA report

    The federal government has defended itself over concerns raised by the Centre for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) about the availability, speed and price of broadband in Australia.

  • Govt's rural broadband plan a 'spoiler': Crean

    The federal government's rural broadband plan is just a "spoiler", Labor frontbencher Simon Crean said today.

  • Telstra, Optus must give network data to FTTN rivals

    Broadband Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has demanded that Telstra -- and a series of other carriers -- provide him with the physical details of their networks, in order to enlighten companies that may be interested in building the government's proposed fibre-to-the-node network.

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