By Julian Bajkowski The Coalition has gambled large on reviving Australia’s ageing copper telecommunications network to supply broadband download speeds of between 25 megabits per second and 100 megabits per…
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NBN reaches outskirts of Darwin
By Paul Hemsley The outskirts of Darwin have become the latest areas to be connected to the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) fixed wireless infrastructure to provide internet services to people…
Transfield FANs Sydney NBN rollout
Staff writers Australian infrastructure stalwart Transfield Services has been picked to roll out fibre optic cable for the National Broadband Network across metropolitan and south-east Sydney in a deal potentially…
South Perth plugs into NBN
By Paul Hemsley Minister for Communications Senator Stephen Conroy’s frenetic rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been extended to the City of South Perth where the government says…
NBN rolling out in NSW Far North Coast
Staff writers Prime Minister Julia Gillard has declared that the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be rolled out in the Far North Coast of New South Wales in a three…
Visionstream rolls out fibre for NBN
Staff writers NBN Co, the federal government’s executor of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has awarded a contract to Visionstream to roll out fibre optic broadband in Victoria, Queensland and…
NBN Co inks $300m deal to launch satellites
Staff writers The rollout of the National Broadband Network is primed to go into orbit after the company responsible for delivering the massive project signed-off on a $300 million deal…
NBN demolition fuse reignites
By Julian Bajkowski The already bitter war of words over the progress of the rollout of the National Broadband Network has intensified after federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy pounced on…
Adobe price drop pulls Conroy and O’Farrell together
Julian Bajkowski Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy and New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell have celebrated Valentine’s Day by burying the hatchet and welcoming the expansion of software giant Adobe’s…
Hobart switched on for NBN
By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy has slotted another piece of the National Broadband Network (NBN) puzzle into place, rolling out the…