Tag: broadband

Labor must make NBN its priority

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Labor must make the NBN an election priority and in doing so position itself as the champion of consumers desperate for a better online experience, and as builders of...

Huawei calls out $51b NBN failure

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Huawei Australia chief technology officer David Soldani has delivered a blistering assessment of Australia’s national broadband roll-out, hammering both the federal government and NBN Co as architects of the...

NBN future is a numbers game

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The Shadow Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland has released Labor’s election policy for the National Broadband Network (NBN). The plan focuses on the future and tackles key issues including...

ACCC blames FTTN for NBN woes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Fibre-to-the-node connections are to blame for most of the slow NBN speeds but “further work” could help them reach “similar speed” to the other technologies, according to an ACCC...

Ziggy’s NBN value thought bubble

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
In a response to a question at the Senate Estimates Committee, NBN Co has failed to provide justification for chairman Ziggy Switkowski’s assertion that the National Broadband Network could...

Rowland on the connected Pacific

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The adoption of disruptive new technologies in Australia’s Pacific neighbours could help improve connectivity in the region and bridge the digital divide, shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland said. Speaking...

Adelaide lights up giga-future

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
At first glance, the City of Adelaide’s Ten Gigabit Adelaide project – where it has teamed up TPG Telecom to transform Adelaide into a “city of the future” –...

Vodafone enters fixed line market

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Vodafone Hutchison Australia CEO Iñaki Berroeta has used his 2016 Charles Todd Oration last week to announce that Vodafone would offer fixed broadband over the National Broadband Network (NBN)...

Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The swearing in of Malcolm Turnbull as Australia’s 29th Prime Minister will inevitably bring the powerful technological forces that are re-shaping our economy into sharper focus. This was one...