The imminent business case from NBN Co is expected to be delivered to government before an official response to the $25 million NBN Implementation Study from McKinsey & Co and KPMG is released, reversing previous statements from communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.
A Liberal-dominated Senate select committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has echoed existing calls from the Opposition to scrap the Federal Government's $43 billion project in its final report.
Australian telco Optus has called for a price cap to be placed on the NBN Co's wholesale pricing to retail service providers (RSP) on the National Broadband Network (NBN).
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.
Finance’s freshly minted [[xref:http://agimo.govspace.gov.au/2010/05/13/consultation-draft-rft-toms/#comments |Government 2.0 blog|Govspace: AGIMO blog]] may be just days old, but it is already prompting detailed discussion on how the Federal Government can improve its tendering and procurement processes.
The Senate select committee for the national broadband network (NBN) will call back key stakeholders in the network for another two hearings, according to committee chairman, Senator Ian McDonald.
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is not just about consumer take up of faster Internet speeds. It’s about ubiquity, according to one of the expert panel members that evaluated the now abandoned fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) tender for the network.
On 6 May 2010, Senator Steven Conroy released the results of the NBN implementation study. The 500-page report is rife with charts and graphs, as well as a number of controversial recommendations. The NBN implementation study has everyone talking about it, however, the question still remains: Was it worth the $25 million spent?
The company building the national broadband network, NBN Co should not have to make the same commercial returns as other telecommunications players, communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has argued.
Google has joined the telecommunications industry in reacting warmly to a study that concludes the National Broadband Network (NBN) can be implemented for less than $43 billion with a mix of fibre, wireless and satellite technologies.
There's a lot of chatter surrounding the National Broadband Network (NBN) and the comments multiplied exponentially after the release of the report documenting that the NBN was still commercially viable without Telstra's help. Here's a couple of things people had to say about the whole issue.
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will not be a cash cow for Internet Service Providers, according to a BBY financial analyst.
Analysts have broadly welcomed the findings of the NBN Implementation Study, but expressed some doubt around the state of a business case for the national infrastructure project.
The NBN Implementation Study is another sign that the Federal Government has gone about building the National Broadband Network (NBN) in a backwards manner, according to Greens Senator, Scott Ludlam.
Optus spokesman Maha Krishnapillai has told Telstra to “get out of the way” of the National Broadband Network (NBN) adding it will succeed without its help.