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A joint ICT initiative between the federal and Tasmanian state governments, the Intelligent Island program, has not failed according to the state's Secretary for the Department of Economic Development, despite criticism from the Opposition over the program's funding.
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Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim claimed last week that the state was being disadvantaged by not having an information and communications technology minister.
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Rural areas will be welcoming the government's decision to put its money where its politicising is, funnelling $250m into a regional fibre upgrade to six rural centres. Remedying over a decade of near-neglect at the hands of telecoms privatisation, the investment could be the firmest step yet for Labor's NBN dream but with inevitable political questions and a looming election, Rudd and Conroy need to deliver, and quickly, to preserve the NBN's credibility.
The Rudd Government's decision to build its own broadband network significantly cranks up the threat to Telstra's dominance in the telecommunications sector.
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NBN Company executive chairman Mike Quigley and six other board members to be named this week have a series of straightforward "buy or build" decisions to make about Australia's fibre future.
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