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.
Six weeks after the first trial customers were switched on, the National Broadband Network (NBN) has received its first official launch in Tasmania.
NBN Co has hit back at slurs from the Federal Opposition shadow treasurer, Andrew Robb, that the company responsible for managing the National Broadband Network is a “stodgy government bureaucracy” and filled with “talentless” staff.
Telstra has confirmed it will supply and install the optical fibre network infrastructure in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick as part of the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout.
Shadow Minister of Finance and Debt Reduction, Andrew Robb, has used the launch of the Opposition’s national broadband policy to attack National Broadband Network wholesaler, NBN Co, claiming it is filled with talentless staff.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has described Opposition Leader Tony Abbott as "reckless" and election promises to save millions by dropping a training fund for Telstra employees and other sections of NBN Co's deal with Telstra as "senseless cuts".
The wholesale company behind the National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN Co, has scored another hiring coup, nicking senior talent from Westpac to bulk out its skills in dealing with technology vendors.
Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has signed an agreement with Japan's minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Kazuhiro Haraguchi, that would see Australia and Japan strengthen bilateral cooperation in broadband technology and other ICT matters, according to reports.
A speechwriter for Telstra's controversial American former chief executive, Sol Trujillo, has joined the company charged with building and operating the National Broadband Network.
NBN Co has selected the contractors it wants to roll out the first fibre on the mainland to the initial five release sites of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
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.