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News (112)

• Telstra: Open to asset sale to NBNCo

  Telstra says it is open to selling assets to the government's national broadband network but it needs a guarantee on returns.

• Only a minor breach, says broadband dept

  The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has confirmed a minor "technical breach" occurred in the security of information it was holding about Telstra's network, but denied the issue could be classified as a leak.

• Thodey: Disappointed but resigned

  Telstra has responded to the government's regulatory reform plans announced this morning, which will see it forced to separate its operations, saying it was disappointed the government felt it necessary to go so far.

• Turnbull slams 'dangerous NBN delusion'

  Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull yesterday slammed the $43 billion National Broadband Network project, saying that if any business person behaved in the way Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had, he'd find himself in hot water with the nation's financial regulator.

• 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".

Blogs (26)

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  NBN should be free, says economist

  Why the National Broadband Network should be free, and other stories from another day of the Senate Select Committee on the Rudd Government's telco infrastructure baby.

• Senate Select finds Tassie is in the dark

  Next month the Senate Select Committee on the NBN will table its final report. It will reflect the views of 100 or so submitted documents and a series of public hearings.

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  A battery of opinions on the value of data

  As the National Broadband Network pricing debate continues, we should consider which is the most appropriate model for costing a bit that costs virtually nothing to carry.

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  Doug Campbell on the task ahead

  In this week's Twisted Wire podcast, Tasmanian NBN chair Doug Campbell talks about the roll-out of the National Broadband Network in that state, as well as its economic viability and the path ahead.

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  Telstra's last-mile strategy: Broadband limbo

  Should Telstra be investing in a pre-emptive defence against the NBN? Or should it go slow and wait like everybody else?

Features and Case Studies (35)

• 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.

• NBN will require a govt blank cheque

  A new Goldman Sachs report reinforces the market's conclusion that, whatever the National Broadband Network looks like, it is going to have to be taxpayer-funded and the cheques will be massive.

• The Trujillo legacy

  Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo will leave Telstra in a better position than when he arrived in 2005, but his successor will have to manage plenty of difficult legacy issues.

• Telstra stalwarts to lead NBN Co

  Mike Quigley and Doug Campbell's long-standing relationships with Telstra and few of its rivals will lead Australia's telecommunications industry to question privately whether Telstra will receive a phenomenal level of access to the NBN decision-making processes.

• Striving for mediocrity

  Iif the latest NBN scenario planning is right, David Thodey will have to accept that even an optimal outcome for both Telstra and the government will not deliver dramatic returns for Telstra's one million shareholders.

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