The Federal Government has injected over $300 million in equity into NBN Co, it has come to light this week, doubling the capital available to the company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Network.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) South Australia branch chair, Reg Coutts, has hit back at claims of poor timing surrounding the appointment of NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, as an honorary member of the industry representative body.
National Broadband Network (NBN) wholesaler, NBN Co, is readying the release of interim satellite solutions for rural Australian communities ahead of launching two permanent, Ka-band satellites for the network.
NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, is becoming clearer on the costs involved in the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN), confirming $27 billion as a “precise” peak government injection equity figure. However, the former Alcatel-Lucent chief operations officer told <i>Computerworld Australia</i> that NBN Co’s business case was yet to be finalised or delivered to Government.
NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has delivered a stinging attack on the Coalition’s broadband policy, publicly backing Labor’s rival National Broadband Network (NBN) project just days before the Federal Election due on Saturday.
Construction of the passive infrastructure associated with the National Broadband Network (NBN) at the stage one mainland release site of Townsville will be completed in 12 weeks.
Monthly quotas under the National Broadband Network (NBN) could average two terabytes per month in the foreseeable future, according to the company charged with rolling out the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network.
Based on political prowess, common sense and pure technical know-how, it can be said that the Coalition didn’t win many battles this week in the war for broadband. The combined failures of Tony Abbott, Tony Smith and Andrew Robb as well as the complete absence of the one person who has some experience in the area - Bradfield Liberal MP and former Optus man, Paul Fletcher - didn’t bode well for a party who seemed so keen to tear down the Labor party’s white elephant.
The NBN Co will spend up to $1 billion on two KA band satellites to deliver National Broadband Network (NBN) services to Australian households unable to access coverage via fibre or wireless.
NBN Co has chosen Melbourne as the location for the Network Operations Centre (NOC) and Test Facility to monitor and manage the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has defended the $2 million salary of NBN Co chief executive officer, Mike Quigley, saying that it was below market rates in the private sector and deserving for Quigley's contribution.
NBN Co CEO, Mike Quigley, has defended the company’s decision to sign a multi-million dollar deal with Alcatel-Lucent, despite both Quigley and CFO, Jean-Pascal Beaufret, being former employees of the company.
One of the biggest challenges to the Federal Government's national broadband network (NBN) plan has been overcome with Telstra (ASX:TLS) and NBN Co reaching an agreement on the telco's involvement in the network rollout.
A full cost-benefit analysis of the Government's $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) would take just three days to complete, according to economic consultants.
If you want a fast broadband connection as part of the National Broadband Network (NBN) then you are a “pointy head”, according to Liberal Senator for Queensland, Ian McDonald.