NBN Co on Friday reported revenue of $47.8 million and an increase in capital expenditure by $396 million to $1.19 billion for its half year ending December 31, 2013 as it expands the national broadband network.
iiNet had a quarter of the National Broadband Network market in the six months to December, according to the Internet service provider's half-year results presentation today.
Tasmanian Labor this morning unveiled a tech-heavy assortment of policies ahead of the 15 March Tasmanian election, including a study into more optical fibre across Bass Strait, free Wi-Fi hotspots and a commitment to open data.
If Labor wins the 15 March Tasmanian election NBN Co will have free access to the infrastructure of electricity network provider Aurora to roll out fibre, under a policy launched by Premier Lara Giddings today.
Residents in half a dozen Tasmanian communities have only three and a half months to connect to the National Broadband Network before the copper network in their area is switched off, potentially leaving them without voice services.
Tasmanian business is desperate for certainty over the future of the National Broadband Network rollout in the state, according to witnesses that appeared before a Hobart hearing of the Senate’s Select Committee on the National Broadband Network.
NBN Co has awarded a five year contract to Optus to operate the two satellites that will deliver the Long Term Satellite Service for the National Broadband Network.
Australia’s third-largest ISP iiNet has blasted the Coalition’s revamped plan for the National Broadband Network, saying that the strategic review, cost/benefit analysis and public debate are all being conducted in a “policy vacuum”.
Bringing faster broadband to Australia could disadvantage certain households and businesses if there is not sufficient education on how to take advantage of the increased speeds, according to a report by the CSIRO.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has dismissed industry self-regulation as unlikely to be an effective way of making sure that consumers can make informed choices about backup power supplies for NBN connections.
NBN Co has sent out expressions of interest (EOI) to all of its retail service providers (RSPs) today to take part in a three-month fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) pilot which will start in January 2014 across Australia.
Greg Adcock has been appointed chief operating officer for NBN Co, the government-owned company announced this morning.
The Liberal-National Coalition may have won the federal election, but whether it ever won the argument over the National Broadband Network is open to debate.
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘facts’ around updates to the National Broadband Network rollout map and whether he will honour existing contracts still leaves uncertainty for many Tasmanians, according to Digital Tasmania spokesperson Andrew Connor.
An attempt at mediation with the National Broadband Network wholesaler over when consumer price index (CPI) adjustments should apply to NBN Co's landmark deal with Telstra has failed according to the telco. As a result, Telstra is taking NBN Co to the NSW Supreme Court next month.