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Health CIOs speak on the NBN and e-health
Self-interested politicians spruik the benefits of the NBN daily, but we don’t often get to hear sincere opinions from those on the ground. Merri Mack talks to three high-ranking health services executives about their expectations of the NBN in this piece.
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Tasmanian NBN rollout hits stage two communities
Following the finalisation of a contract between NBN Co and Conneq Infrastructure Services, construction will soon begin on the project's stage two communities in Tasmania.
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NBN Co reveals first 12 RSPs for mainland NBN trials
NBN Co has announced the identities of the first 12 service providers to offer NBN trials on mainland Australia, beginning in Armidale.
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Brisbane and Townsville NBN inquiry hearings postponed
The National Broadband Network inquiry hearings that were to be held in Brisbane and Townsville this week have been postponed, with revised dates still to come from the Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications.
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NBN awards $110 million contract to Victorian fibre-optic manufacturer
NBN Co has awarded an equipment contract worth up to $110 million over five years to Victorian fibre-optic equipment manufacturer Warren and Brown Technologies.
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Industry and community sector partner to ensure digital economy is far reaching
Huawei and Community Sector Banking will partner to host a National Digital Inclusion Summit to ensure that no one is left behind in the digital economy.
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400 manufacturing jobs created for NBN equipment
400 new manufacturing jobs will be created for Australian workers following the signing of three National Broadband Network equipment contracts. The companies are Australian Warren & Brown Technologies and Australian located global companies, Prysmian and Corning.
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Communications Alliance provides specifications for service providers to connect to the NBN
The Communications Alliance has published a detailed specification that will help service providers to connect to the National Broadband Network and start providing fibre-based services to customers.The NBN B2B Interaction Process Requirements document forms the specification for B2B development that will be used by both NBN Co and retail and wholesale service providers to integrate their systems during 2011 and beyond, so that service providers can make best use of the NBN.
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Indigo does not give NBN a tick for regional rollout
The head of Australia’s newest mobile carrier, Indigo Telecom, said expectations about what the National Broadband Network (NBN) will deliver to regional Australia far outweigh the reality.
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AIIA comments on the NBN business plan
The NBN Co business plan release signals beginning of the real job. The plan forecasts positive operational earnings by 2018 and a positive net income by 2021.
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NBN will create opportunities for more service providers
In a new study analysing the impact of the National Broadband Network (NBN), Telsyte has identified growing opportunities for new entrants, potentially at the expense of current internet service providers (ISPs).
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NBN puts its weight behind the 'block' for infrastructure
NBN Co has selected data centre technology from the Cisco, EMC and VMware Coalition to meet aggressive growth requirements and accelerate time to market.
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Backbone blackspots program reaches halfway
Nextgen Networks has announced the successful completion of 3000 km of construction, being the halfway mark, in the Australian Government’s Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP).
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Poll shows preference for government-owned broadband network
Broadband poll shows Australians want government-owned NBN.
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NBN selects Nokia Siemens Networks' optical tramsmission systems
Nokia Siemens Networks is to enable Australia’s superfast broadband - NBNCo has selected the equipment and services provider to deploy the country’s largest optical data transmission infrastructure.
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NBN pioneers honoured
Communications Industry’s NBN pioneers honoured as NBN continues despite being under a cloud due to the non-conclusive federal government election result.
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NBN's 100 Mbps plans must be more affordable
The National Broadband Network’s 100 Mbps plans must be more affordable.
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The tale of two NBNs
Labor and the coalition have debated the respective merits of their NBN policies, and a clear divergence has emerged between them.
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Coalition release NBN plan
A Coalition government would ditch the national broadband network and seek to offer high-speed internet, using a mix of optical fibre, hybrid fibre coaxial, wireless, DSL and satellite technology.
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NICTA takes part in NSW NBN testbed launch
NICTA is taking part in the New South Wales National Broadband Network (NBN) technology trial. As part of the trial, NICTA is utilising the capabilities of the NBN with an on-demand service to residents which delivers online television content.
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Telstra shareholders may still lose with NBN
Telstra shareholders may still lose out despite the company signing a strategic $11bn non-binding heads of agreement with NBN Co, finds Telsyte.
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Telstra and NBN Co finally agree on a price for Telstra's copper network
Telstra today signed a non-binding Financial Heads of Agreement with NBN Co to participate in the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
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US has a national broadband plan
With Australia's national broadband network legislation hitting a roadblock this week due to the unlikelihood of the Senate passing the split of the incumbent, Telstra, into wholesale and retail arms, it's interesting to see what the US plan for broadband is.
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Mt Isa scores first NBN building blocks
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, visited Mt Isa this week to launch the first fibre-optic backbone link being laid for the National Broadband Network (NBN) on mainland Australia.
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Broadcast Australia's infrastructure ready-made for NBN rollout
Broadcast Australia says its countrywide network of wireless transmission sites is ideally placed to support the ambitious rollout of the NBN.
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Queensland pitches for its share of the NBN action
With vendors positioning themselves for some of the lucrative NBN pie, the state of Queensland has chimed in a "don't forget us" request for some of the action. After all, the state has been calling itself the smart state since the '90s so it feels it is well and truly qualified.
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Quigley will head up NBN company
Major appointments for NBN and TNBN, Quigley and Campbell.
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NBN preparations underway
Communications Alliance, the peak body for the Australian communications industry, has announced that the industry has commenced its NBN Works Program.
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Government makes a start on NBN with six locations nominated
Priority National Broadband Network investment for regional Australia.
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