Liberal NBN plan unable to deliver tele-health: Jason Clare
Slower upload speeds under a mixed NBN model will make unsuitable for many 'tele-health' applications, according to opposition communications spokesman Jason Clare.
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Expert: NBN is audacious, but it’s exactly what we need
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is a bold and expensive process but the risk is well worth it, according to Bullseye chairman, Jim McKerlie.
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yARN: Will Telstra's 4G LTE launch kick NBN Co where it hurts?
Telstra has recently announced an ambitious program to roll out “4G” LTE throughout Australia. The obvious and crucial question is what this will do to the Government’s National Broadband Network, which remains venerable to high-speed wireless technology.
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Turnbull reveals what he’d do to the NBN
Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has outlined what he’d do to the Government’s National Broadband Network if the Coalition took control at the next election.
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Q&A with Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull
Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, speaks with ARN about what the Coalition would do with the NBN if it took power and how he’ll attack the issue in 2011.
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Conroy: Worsening broadband backs up Government case for NBN
Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has used Australia's falling OECD broadband penetration ratings as evidence that the National Broadband Network is needed.
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Turnbull: Even a full business case wouldn’t be enough
Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has labelled the Government’s 36-page NBN Co business case summary as “curiously inadequate”.
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Turnbull’s Transparency Bill fails to pass
The NBN oversight Bill proposed by Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has failed to pass in the House of Representatives.
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Conroy: OECD report supports NBN
Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has responded to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) report by focusing on its positives.
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Conroy praises Turnbull as Shadow Communications Minister
Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has praised his opponent, Malcolm Turnbull, as having a relatively forward-thinking approach to the portfolio.
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Conroy promises NBN Co business case by end of year
Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has promised to release NBN Co’s business case by the end of the year, but the Opposition won’t get a full copy.
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Conroy: Turnbull is a telco market hypocrite
Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has defended the Australian Compeition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) inquiry into the NBN’s Points of Interconnect and labelled the Opposition’s comments as hypocritical.
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NBN Co delivers business plan to Government
NBN Co has delivered its business plan to the Federal Government and Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.
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Turnbull: NBN will strand existing fibre links
The Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has claimed the National Broadband Network’s plan to limit the number of Points of Interconnect (PoI) will strand hundreds of millions of dollars of existing fibre links.
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yARN: Is the Coalition’s Telstra backflip a sign of Turnbull power?
The Coalition recently surprised tech punters by changing tack and supporting Telstra’s structural separation. But is it party pragmatism or a sign of Turnbull’s growing power within the side that once disowned him?
