NBN Co goes 'wall to wall' Oracle
Oracle president, Charles Phillips, has singled out NBN Co as an important customer win in the vendor’s Q3 earnings conference call.
Oracle president, Charles Phillips, has singled out NBN Co as an important customer win in the vendor’s Q3 earnings conference call.
Telstra has disagreed with the NBN Co’s proposal to have only 100 to 200 points of interconnect (PoI) in the National Broadband Network (NBN), saying the move is “neither pro-competitive nor pro-choice”.
The NBN Co is claiming strong industry support for its layer two network design and choice of Ethernet or Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology for delivering high speed broadband as part of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
The implementation study undertaken by McKinsey and KPMG won't reveal anything the NBN Co or general public don't already know, according to analysts.
Senator Stephen Conroy has appointed Commonwealth Bank director, Harrison Young, as chairperson of the NBN Co Limited board. Young will immediately replace NBN Co chief executive officer, Mike Quigley, in the role of chairperson.
Optus has condemned Telstra's statement to the Australian Stock Exchange that the Government and NBN Co under value its assets.
The Competitive Carrier’s Coalition (CCC) has taken a swing at Telstra, calling its market update on the state of negotiations over the value of its assests little more than “an extortion note” to the Government.
Telstra (ASX:TLS) has issued a market update on its negotiations with the Government and NBN Co over the NBN, stating that it believes there to be a significant gap between Telstra and NBN Co on what each party believed to be an acceptable financial outcomes.
The announcement of the NBN mainland trial sites has been largely welcomed by the country’s telecommunications analysts, although some have criticised the selection of the trial sites.
Staffing numbers at the NBN Co have grown to the point where the company responsible for the National Broadband Network now requires the services of an HR partner.
Legislation that could allow the National Broadband Network (NBN) operator to sell retail services could be in place as early as July.
The first five sites where the high-speed broadband fibre-to-the premises national broadband network will be rolled out as part of live trials have been announced.
Telstra has warned that the NBN Co Exposure Draft Legislation, if enacted, may dramatically raise the price of any compensation the Federal Government may need to pay as a consequence of splitting the company.
The Federal Government has unveiled draft legislation for the regulatory framework for the operation of NBN Co.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has defended the NBN Co recruitment process, saying it made an independent decision to hire Mike Kaiser as its government relations officer.