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Wednesday, 11th December 2013
Stop the boat talk, NBN's operations matter more: Turnbull
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has defended his links to NBN Co's head of strategy JB Rousselot, stating that the executive is well suited to work for the network company.
Source: ZDNet Australia
FttN NBN would limit service provider options: NBN Co
Technical limitations of a fibre-to-the-node (FttN) network would hinder open-access arrangements by limiting NBN customers to just one service provider relationship, a confidential NBN Co assessment of the Coalition's alternative policy has warned.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co expected to unveil strategic review
NBN Co is expected to partially release the text of the 60-day strategic review on Thursday after making some changes following a board meeting yesterday.
Source: iTnews Australia
NBN Co strategic review to be released tomorrow
Ahead of the release of NBN Co's strategic review tomorrow, NBN Co's chief operations officer Greg Adcock has confirmed no fibre to the node trials were conducted as part of the review.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Why the TPP matters to the internet and IP
We've seen some news that the Trans-Pacific Partnership won't be in place at the year's end as previously intended. What does that mean? Is the TPP a concern for intellectual property rights?
Source: ZDNet Australia
Turnbull to release NBN review Thursday
Nearly two weeks after receiving it, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull will release a censored ('redacted') version of the NBN Strategic Review tomorrow (Thursday).
Source: iTWire
Tuesday, 10th December 2013
NBN Co execs to be hauled before Senate committee
Acting chairman of the NBN Committee Stephen Conroy has ordered the executive team of NBN Co to appear before the committee tomorrow after the executives again declined an invitation.
Source: ZDNet Australia
NBN Co should focus on passing every premises: Hackett
New NBN Co board member Simon Hackett has said that while he prefers fibre to the premises as a network design for the NBN, the focus should be on getting high-speed broadband out to everyone in Australia.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Mike Quigley to Malcolm Turnbull: 'You don't have a minute to lose'
He may have been founding chief executive of the best-funded start-up in Australia, but Mike Quigley and his staff consistently refused to throw undue amounts of money at the national broadband network's problems just to make them go away.
Source: SMH
Telstra reconnects copper service in NBN connection stuff-up
Telstra has reconnected the copper line service for a customer it thought it had connected to the NBN fixed-wireless service but left disconnected for close to three months.
Source: ZDNet Australia
In-home FttN wiring testing needed, costly: NBN Co
NBN Co needs to test and fix customers' in-home copper wiring to get the best speeds from VDSL2, but it's the most expensive and least preferred of three options for in-home connectivity, the company's advice to the Coalition government warns.
Source: ZDNet Australia
Vodafone opens its Hobart call centre
Vodafone has opened its new operations and call centre in central Hobart.
Source: iTWire
Bridging our broadband gap
As debate of the NBN continues, new research report reveals the impact of next generation broadband for Australian households and businesses.
Source: iTWire
Monday, 9th December 2013
NBN politics hindered business investment in broadband
Uncertainty over the future of the National Broadband Network over the last three years has stopped businesses from investing in broadband, according to the CSIRO.
Source: ZDNet Australia
FTTN CVC revenue shortfall could keep FTTP prices high: NBN Co
Limitations on the products available over a fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) NBN could reduce CVC revenues so much that the government would be forced to keep prices for FTTP high to compensate, a confidential NBN Co report has warned.
Source: ZDNet Australia