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Thursday, 23rd May 2013

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Signs point to NBN construction ramp-up

ZDNet Australia

Figures released last week showed that NBN Co passed 22,100 brownfield premises with fibre in the first three months of 2013, but can the company make up the gap to meet its targets by the end of June?

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NBN subcontractor rips up pipes

iTWire

An furious NBN subcontractor has ripped equipment out of the ground over a pay dispute, tearing out pipes laid just six weeks ago in Adelaide.

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More NBN training hubs launched in Adelaide

Computerworld

Seven new digital hubs which promote the benefits of the National Broadband Network (NBN) have been launched in Adelaide.

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Union to meet with Telstra as telecom job cuts pile up

Computerworld

The Communications Workers Union, the communications branch of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU), plans to meet with Telstra on Tuesday to learn more about the telco's restructuring plans and what they mean for industry jobs, according to CWU national assistant secretary Ken Hardisty.

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Vodafone loses 216,000 more customers - this year so far

iTWire

Vodafone has announced its global annual results. Australia continues to be the worst performing country, with another 216,000 customers lost so far this year.

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Telstra to 'restructure' landline jobs

iTWire

A memo from Telstra chief operations officer has told staff to expect job cuts in its fixed line operations, which continue to lose ground to mobile.

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Wednesday, 22nd May 2013

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iiNet open to Coalition NBN offers

ZDNet Australia

iiNet would be willing to sell more of its infrastructure, including its extensive fibre to the node network to a Coalition government, should the party win the September federal election.

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NBN Co buys $9 million worth of iiNet fibre

iTWire

NBN Co today bought iiNet's fibre-to-the-home network in the ACT for $9 million in cash, in a big expansion play for the NBN.

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NBN Co buys TransACT FTTP network in ACT

ARN

NBN Co has bought TransACT/iiNet's fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network in the ACT for about $9 million.

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ACMA shops 'freephone' charge changes

iTnews Australia

Australia's communications regulator is shopping a draft variation to its numbering plan that would make 18/1800 numbers free to call from mobile phones by January 2015.

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Google technology advocate sends NBN safety message

iTnews Australia

Australian information security professionals need to step up and protect consumers against the many threats that will be enabled by the national broadband network, according to Google chief technology advocate Michael T. Jones.

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Stop charging for privacy, ACCAN tells Telstra

iTWire

Consumer body ACCAN is calling on the Government to ban Telstra's $36 a year Silent Line fee, which landline customers have to pay to keep their phone number private.

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Vodafone still losing Australian customers

iTnews Australia

Customers continue to desert Vodafone's Australian operation in droves according to the latest set of group financials from the global mobile giant.

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Tuesday, 21st May 2013

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City Circle mobile coverage a 15-year project

ARN

Optus says the project that brought mobile phone coverage into Sydney's train tunnels was 15 years in the making.

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First NBN fibre extension completed

ZDNet Australia

A business in Tasmania was the first to take up NBN Co on its user-pays offer to extend fibre beyond the 93 percent footprint.

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ACMA goes public with ISP malware statistics

ZDNet Australia

Although ISPs and network operators have had access to the rough figures of malware infections for some time, the Australian Communications and Media Authority has now begun publishing the statistics for the public.

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'New world record' for wireless data

iTWire

A week after Samsung's supposed 5G breakthrough, German researchers have announced 40 Gbps wireless, comparable to speeds reached by fibre.

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What's life really like on the NBN? (Part II)

Computerworld

Kiama is perhaps best known for its ocean views and a blowhole that spouts water up to 25m in the air.

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Aussie ISPs still seeing users with Zeus infections

iTnews Australia

Variants of the Zeus banking trojan account for the majority of malware infections in Australia, despite concerted attempts to disable the threat, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

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Telstra continues with billion dollar 4G plan

Computerworld

Telstra has reached a milestone in its billion dollar 4G expansion program, switching on its 1500th 4G base station.

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