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 operations in Sydney with a cross-party bro-mance. Stepping out at the opening of Adobe’s new offices in downtown Darling Park, the pair put niceties to […]
15 February, 2013
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 new fibre optic infrastructure in Hobart, Tasmania. Hobart’s connection to the NBN closely follows the Tasmanian government inking a deal with internet service provider iiNet […]
11 February, 2013
By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Communications, Broadband and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has advanced the spread of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the New South Wales regional Northern Rivers with fixed wireless technology. The federal government has rolled out the NBN infrastructure in the remote region of the Northern Rivers located on […]
7 February, 2013
By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy’s race to plug-in as many towns as possible to the National Broadband Network (NBN) before the election has continued unabashed, with newbie Canberra satellite city of Gungahlin the latest to see the fibre optic light. Gungahlin is among the earliest suburbs […]
4 February, 2013
By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has rolled the National Broadband Network (NBN) into the Queensland regional area of Toowoomba. The Toowoomba region is the latest area of Queensland to connect to the NBN after its first fibre optic cable was installed in October 2012. The rollout […]
1 February, 2013
By Paul Hemsley The Tasmanian Government has selected iiNet as its preferred internet service provider for the state’s Department of Police and Emergency Management to plug into the National Broadband Network (NBN). The deal will link the core network between police stations and the state government. The rollout of the NBN across Tasmania has […]
29 January, 2013
By Paul Hemsley The federal government has started installing National Broadband Network (NBN) fibre optic cable into the Western Sydney suburb of Penrith in an effort boost business and employment in the area. The rollout of the NBN in Penrith is the latest in the federal government’s nationwide project to install fibre optic cables underground […]
21 January, 2013
By Paul Hemsley The National Broadband Network has laid out its plans to work with South Australian regional local governments to fire-up fast wireless broadband connectivity to far flung premises as the regional rollout of the massive project continues. The planned connection to wireless broadband is intended to address a lack of adequate internet communications […]
21 January, 2013
By Paul Hemsley Residents of Perth are getting entertainment from around the globe through a giant public area screen that uses existing teleconferencing technology. The majority of households in Perth are likely to have a large screen television with a cable or internet connection, but the City of Perth has lifted people off the sofa […]
3 January, 2013
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast could provide a vital economic shot in the arm and help revive subdued growth in the region a key development group has said. Chairman of the Central Coast branch of Regional Development […]
21 December, 2012
By Julian Bajkowski Brisbane and Ballarat have become the latest local government areas to get the eligibility tick of approval under the federally funded Digital Hubs program, as Communications Minister Stephen Conroy plays Santa and continues the government’s non-stop charm offensive to spruik the National Broadband Network. The Hubs are a pivotal part of the […]
19 December, 2012
By Julian Bajkowski A prominent faction of Australia’s telecommunications and cloud computing industry has launched an orchestrated push to convince all three tiers of Australian government to support a bid to make Australia the cloud computing capital of the Asia Pacific region in the run-up to the Federal Election. Known as OzHub, the supplier-based lobby […]
17 December, 2012
By Julian Bajkowski The agency tasked with coordinating whole-of-government technology strategy has been split in two by a significant shake-up in the wake of the resignation and retirement of federal Chief Information Officer Ann Steward. A statement issued by the Australian Government Information Management Office has named Glenn Archer as the new Australian Government Chief […]
17 December, 2012
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has continued his hard-sell of the National Broadband Network (NBN), dropping into a designer pop-up-shop in the trendy inner Melbourne suburb of Brunswick to tub thump the business as an example of how the fibre rollout can accelerate small businesses productivity and profitability. As big […]
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