The National Broadband Network is on-time and over-budget, according to a new report released today by the NBN Co. The Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011 shows that the project is slightly ahead of schedule when it comes to [...]
CommsXpress: Internode To Revise NBN Pricing
Posted by grahame on September 19th, 2011
According to Internode managing director, Simon Hackett, the company is likely to revise its rates (downward) for NBN services in light of NBN’s Co’s move to lower its own connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) prices. The company first announced it’s rate card for NBN Co. services in July, but a slew of announcements by other carriers [...]
CommsXpress: Turnbull Blasts NBN ‘Conspiracy’
Posted by grahame on September 7th, 2011
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull today lashed out at vendors he sees as part of an NBN conspiracy. According to Turnbull, the conspirators include Google, Yahoo! and others that sold Australian taxpayers on the need for an expensive FttH network, with no applications forthcoming that could take advantage of the huge bandwidth being made available. [...]
CommsXpress: New Shake-Up In NBN Co. Management
Posted by grahame on August 24th, 2011
The NBN Co. today announced a slew of management changes at the company, which include the retirement of CFO Jean-Pascal Beaufret. Beaufret will remain on until January, so as to provide the company with enough time to recruit a replacement for the CFO position. In addition to Beaufret’s retirement, the company also announced the opening [...]
CommsXpress: Tasmanian Schools Finally Set To Connect To NBN
Posted by grahame on August 8th, 2011
The NBN Co and Tasmanian state government have finally reached agreement on final plans to bring the NBN to Tasmanian school systems. The new agreement will see schools in Tasmania delivered NBN Co services by both Telstra and Aurora Energy. Telstra has agreed to provide security and filtering systems for the schools, which was a [...]
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Tags: Aurora Energy, Australia, NBN Co, schools, Tasmania, Telstra 
No Comments »CommsXpress: NBN Co Sees Low Take-Up Numbers In Brunswick
Posted by grahame on August 4th, 2011
The Melbourne suburb of Brunswick will be one of the first mainland locations in Australia to be connected to the NBN today, but almost half of the area’s residents have opted-out of being connected to the new network. Although the NBN Co has worked in earnest to convince residents and apartment complex owners in the [...]
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Posted by grahame on August 4th, 2011
The NBN Co is planning on spending several months to “educate” the public regarding the benefits of their new wireless service in hopes of heading off protests from local residents in areas where their TD-LTE broadband network will be deployed next year itnews reports. Besides the aesthetics issue, NBN Co hopes to downplay any fears [...]
CommsXpress: New NBN Wireless Sites Announced By Conroy
Posted by grahame on August 3rd, 2011
The first communities to receive the NBN’s fixed broadband wireless service will be Geraldton in Western Australia, Toowoomba in Queensland, Tamworth in New South Wales, Ballarat in Victoria and Darwin in the Northern Territory, according to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. The wireless rollout is set to begin in mid 2012 and should be complete by [...]
CommsXpress: Dodo Looking To Offer Broadband at Under $40/mo
Posted by grahame on July 25th, 2011
Bargain basement broadband provider Dodo has announced plans to soon offer an entry-level internet plan in Australia for less than $40 per month. The company stated that the new plan will not have unlimited access, but will offer users up to 12Mbps/1Mbps on the NBN Co.’s network at a price point similar to its current [...]
CommsXpress: NBN Co Wins Big In 2300MHz Wireless Spectrum Auction
Posted by grahame on July 13th, 2011
The NBN Co and Telstra seem to be the big winners in Australia’s wireless spectrum auction of the 2300MHz band this week. According to NBN Co, the company has agreed to pay $1.3 million to lease spectrum in the areas of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, outback Queensland and far west NSW. It [...]
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