December 04, 2008
THE Rudd Government's national broadband network kicked-off with six submissions to a request for proposal. Building the NBN will see taxpayers providing up to $4.7 billion in funding for 98 per cent of the population, at speeds of at least 12Mbps.
Telstra NBN compo could hit $80bn
THE federal Government could face a compensation claim of more than $80 billion if Telstra is forced to provide the company that builds the national broadband network access to its existing infrastructure.
December 19, 2008
Minchin to Conroy - 'please explain Optus allegations'
THE federal opposition is demanding the government explain whether a company involved with the new frontrunner's bid for Australia's national broadband network has links with the Chinese military.
December 18, 2008
Chinese spy fears on broadband frontrunner
NATIONAL security concerns about Chinese espionage could threaten the new frontrunner for Australia's $15 billion publicly backed national broadband network.
December 18, 2008
Pressure on Telstra chiefs as shares dive
PRESSURE is mounting on Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie and chief executive Sol Trujillo to take responsibility for wiping $7.5 billion off the group's market value, after being responsible for Telstra's surprise early exit from the national broadband network tender.
December 17, 2008
Telstra to fight bar on broadband bid
TELSTRA is preparing for war with the federal Government, marshalling its lawyers for legal action and gearing up to go it alone with a high-speed broadband network after being tossed out of the tender process for a $15 billion publicly-backed national network.
December 16, 2008
Telstra loses $6bn in NBN hit
THE investment community delivered a savage vote of no confidence in the management of Telstra yesterday after the telco was dramatically kicked out of the tender for the federal Government's $15 billion national broadband network.
December 16, 2008
Telstra tumbles 8pc on broadband knockout
TELSTRA shares fell 8 per cent today after it was excluded from the bidding process to build a $15 billion national broadband network.
December 15, 2008
Govt hits back at Telstra on NBN rejection
THE Rudd Government has hit out at the Telstra board, calling on it to explain to shareholders why it failed to ensure its bid for the $4.7 billion broadband network complied with the tender process.
December 15, 2008
Telstra treated poorly: Minchin
THE Rudd Government has deliberately revealed Telstra has been excluded from the national broadband bid process on the same day as its major climate change announcement in an attempt to bury the news, the Opposition has charged.
December 15, 2008
Telstra quiet on NBN legal action
TELSTRA has not ruled out seeking legal action over its exclusion from the bidding process to build a $15 billion national broadband network
December 15, 2008
Telstra's NBN bid rejected
THE federal Government has excluded Telstra from the bidding process to build a $10 billion-plus national broadband network.
December 15, 2008
Axia's NBN plan 'faster, cheaper'
ACCESS to high-speed broadband could be twice as cheap and up to five times faster if little-known Canadian group Axia NetMedia gets its wish to build the federal Government's $15 billion national broadband network.
December 11, 2008
Axia shows its NBN hand
LITTTLE-known Canadian group, Axia NetMedia, has broken its silence on the Rudd Government's $10 billion national broadband network, saying that unless it is built using fibre all the way to homes and businesses in metropolitan areas, then it shouldn't be built at all.
December 10, 2008
Panel to assess NBN bids
BIDDERS for the $10 billion-plus national broadband network will get their first chance to strut their stuff in front of the Government's eight-person expert panel starting next weekend, signalling the real start of the tender process.
December 9, 2008
NBN admin costs blow out by $10m
COSTS associated with the tender process for the national broadband network have blown out by $10 million.
December 4, 2008
Broadband funding showdown looms
The federal government and opposition are heading for another showdown in the Senate, this time over broadband funding.
December 4, 2008
$5b more needed for NBN: Telstra
TAXPAYERS need to fork out at least $10 billion to build the national broadband network, Telstra chief operating officer Greg Winn says.
Households first NBN priority: report
HOUSEHOLDS currently disadvantaged by a lack of broadband services should be first priority in the government's new broadband network.
Acacia offers fresh start
FORMER Telstra No 2 executive Doug Campbell says Australian broadband users would be best served by having a new broadband network.
November 28, 2008
Govt won't budge on broadband process
THE Rudd Government has rejected suggestions it is being bullied by Telstra to accept a non-compliant bid to build the broadband network.
November 27, 2008
Telstra network bid 'a joke'
TELSTRA has set a challenge for the Rudd Government, refusing to put in a detailed bid for the national broadband network.
November 26, 2008
Video: Is Telstra serious about the NBN?
The Australian's Michael Sainsbury on the giant telco's broadband brinksmanship (01:07).
November 26, 2008
Telstra's NBN rates costly
A NATIONAL broadband network run by Telstra would be more expensive for consumers and provide 10 times less value.
November 26, 2008
Labor network tender a farce: Minchin
THE Opposition has lambasted the Rudd Government for refusing to give Telstra the guarantee it was seeking that its business would not be separated as part of the national broadband network tender process.
November 26, 2008
Acacia confirms national NBN bid
ACACIA Australia has finally shown its hand, announcing it has submitted a bid for the national broadband network to cover 100 per cent of the population.
November 26, 2008
Telstra 'bid' a joke: Optus
OPTUS has labelled Telstra's bid to build the federal Government's $10-billion plus national broadband network as an "arrogant joke".
November 26, 2008
NBN Super Blog
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