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Wireless threatens to make NBN a waste of time and money
Although the Australian government continues to blow the trumpet of the NBN, some experts have said that the rise of wireless technology could make the NBN a waste of time. Ever since the initial stages of the National Broadband Network, the Australian government has been blowing the trumpet of the service, ...
Consumers switch internet providers to improve broadband
A recent survey carried out by Roy Morgan has shown that the main reason cited by consumers for switching internet providers was to get a better broadband service. Over recent years, broadband and internet services have become more and more vital in many homes across Australia and New Zealand, with people ...
NBN to create jobs on Gold Coast
Australia’s first NBN call centre is to be situated on the Gold Coast, which means that locals will benefit from having more than one hundred and thirty new jobs created. Like other countries around the world, Australia is keen to see more jobs created and the government has maintained that the ...
China believes NBN ban on Huawei is ‘unjust’
Following the Australian ban in relation to Huawei’s participation in National Broadband Network projects, officials in China have dubbed the move ‘unjust’ and have expressed deep concern. It was recently announced that the Australian government had decided to ban Chinese equipment giant Huawei in relation to participating in National Broadband Network ...
Conroy questions Coalition’s lack of broadband policy
Communications and broadband minister, Stephen Conroy, has questions the broadband policies of the coalition, demanding that a policy relating to broadband and communications needs to be published for the next election. Stephen Conroy, the broadband and communications minister, has been questioning the broadband and communications policies of the coalition, stating that ...
Nearly half of Australians now using wireless broadband
It will come as a blow for NBN officials to learn that, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, nearly half of Australians are now using wireless broadband. With the ongoing rollout of the National Broadband Network, the federal government in Australia is hoping to get millions of households drawn in ...
Applications for NBN-Enabled Telehealth Pilots Program now being accepted
Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek and Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, have now announced that applications for the NBN-Enabled Telehealth Pilots Program are being accepted. One of the benefits that the government has been touting with regards to the National Broadband Network is the improvements ...
Huawei still keen to bid on NBN projects
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Australia Chairman John Lord has said that the Chinese telecoms equipment giant is still keen to bid on NBN related project despite a government ban. It was recently reported that Chinese telecoms equipment giant, Huawei, had been banned from tendering for contracts on the National Broadband Network ...
Rural doctors express anger over NBN
The next phase of the National Broadband Network has been called into question by the head of the Australian Medical Association after an outcry from rural doctors who feel left out. Whilst the National Broadband Network rollout is in full swing, with the first three year plan having been revealed recently, ...
Over a million premises in New South Wales to get NBN access under three year rollout plan
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced that over a million premises in New South Wales will be getting NBN access as part of the first three year rollout plan. The company heading up the National Broadband Network rollout in Australia, NBN Co, recently ...
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