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• Low cost broadband key to NBN uptake

  Having a cost-effective national telecommunications infrastructure is vital if major broadband projects like the NBN are to be adopted by industry and consumers, according to two communications managers.

• NBN Co hands call centre deal to Service Stream

  NBN Co has awarded Service Stream (ASX:SSM) a contract to operate its call centre in the Melbourne CBD.

• Lend Lease subsidiary chosen for stage 2 Tasmanian NBN

  One half of a joint venture formed to bid for the $12 billion nationwide NBN construction tender has been chosen to build fibre out to seven Tasmanian towns as part of the second stage of rollout on the island.

• Optus delays mobile storage lockers

  Optus is in preparations to launch its own version of popular storage locker service Dropbox, allowing mobile customers to back up their data to the telco’s storage infrastructure.

• Telecom NZ executive team shuffle

  Telecom NZ (ASX:TEL) has overhauled its executive team with a number of key appointments and reduced the team from 10 to eight.

• Nokia Siemens Networks snares Optus network contract

  Optus has partnered with Nokia Siemens Networks in a bid to upgrade its packet core, ahead of an anticipated upgrade to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.

• Vocus completes $1.9m

  Wholesale telecom operator, Vocus (ASX:VOC), has completed a heavily oversubscribed $1.9 million share purchase plan.

• In brief: Telecom fined $12m by NZ High Court

  Telecom [ASX:TEL] has been fined $12 million by the High Court of New Zealand after the Commerce Commission alleged the telco had breached the <i>Commerce Act</i> through high-speed data pricing.

• Whirlpool gives NBN tick of approval

  If the Whirlpool user community was a physical town, National Broadband Network (NBN) take-up would be much higher than real world results.

• NBN costs weigh on uni student market

  James Cook University has warned of the potential for the National Broadband Network (NBN) to price university students out of the broadband market without continued monitoring of regional fibre backhaul competition.

• UXC unit wins $40m in deal extensions

  ICT services and consulting company, UXC Limited (ASX:UXC), has revealed its subsidiary, Utility Asset Management, has won three contract renewals worth up to $40 million between them.

• Telecom NZ submits final UFB bid

  Telecom NZ (ASX:TEL) on Monday submitted a final binding proposal for its separation and participation in the government's Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) project.

• Telecom sells its stake in Yahoo JV

  Telecom NZ (ASX:TEL) has sold out of its joint venture with Yahoo!7.

• VHA kicks off Vodafone, 3 Mobile network upgrade

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has kicked off its $1 billion plan to replace and upgrade 8000 of its network sites over the next 18 months, with residents along the Central Coast, Newcastle and the Hunter region in NSW first to witness improvements in reception.

• Outsource your 21st century business: Telstra

  Telstra chief technology officer, Hugh Bradlow, has called on businesses to outsource their core ICT functions to specialised companies, including Cloud operators, in order to get with the 21st century.