Archive for June, 2009
Infrastructure for the Australian NBN to be built using economic stimulus funds
The unveiling of what Australias Prime Minister called the largest infrastructure project in the history of Australia back on April 7th was good news for many but nowhere near as large as the revelation that the creation of a broadband infrastructure would be the key focus of the economic stimulus ...
Unhappy broadband and phone customers now more likely to switch
Recently released figures have shown that broadband and phone customers in Australia are more likely to switch providers if they are unhappy these days. In the past consumers in Australia who were not particularly happy with their broadband or phone services often did not bother to switch provider, instead opting to ...
Plans to reshape it service operations announced by Chorus
With new plans to bring in a third service provider, which will force it to make changes to the areas covered by its existing service companies, telecoms network access company, Chorus has announced that it will be looking to improve on its customer service levels by moving its field operations ...
Using too many telecoms companies to build the NBN is silly says Budde
Without the support of a telecoms incumbent like Telstra the government will not be able to build its National Broadband Network even with the aid of a multitude of smaller fibre operators says a leading Analyst. The building of the new Fibre-to-the-home broadband network by the Federal Government will not be ...
Government puts comment about broadband on the internet
Following the release of a paper that discussed telecommunication in Australia and what the future holds, the Federal Government have responded with a series of submission that it has placed online. A range of people including industry officials, stakeholders and even individuals entered in excess of 120 submissions in response to ...
Attempts to ease concern over overhead NBN cabling by government
There has recently been a rising concern that the Federal government will try to save money when building its NBN network by using overhead cabling instead up burying the cables in the ground, although this has now been dismissed by the government. The warning that the federal government would bypass the ...
The search for an NBN Co board running on a tight deadline
The appointing of a board to its National Broadband Network is currently costing the Federal Government almost $3000 every day as it enlists the aid of the headhunting company Egon Zehnder, the firm that found Sol Trujillo’s replacement for Telstra. It is likely that the government may have already found itself ...
A bill to look more closely at the $43 billion NBN plan introduced by Minchin
A private members bill that if passed would force the Government to allow the Infrastructure Australia (IA) to assess the $43 billion National Broadband Network has been put forward by Senator Nick Minchin, the Shadow Communications Minister. The Infrastructure Australia Act 2008 terms that the Infrastructure Australia operates under states that ...
NBN Initiatives to receive $14.87 million from Tasmanian budget
Along with a number of initiatives that will be implemented to allow the National Broadband Network (NBN) to offer a range of opportunities the Tasmanian Government has also confirmed that it will investing $12.7 million from its state budget into Aurora Energy. In order to use its fibre optic network in ...
Experts advise there may become a digital divide in Australia
A regional boss from global computer company IBM advised that in order to avoid the creation of a divide between the country and the city with IT and broadband, there should be more investment concentrated on outside major metropolitan areas. Glen Boreham, the managing director of IBM Australia said that the ...
