NBN
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is Australia's proposed wholesale, open-access fibre-to-the-premises data network. Controversial from the moment of its inception, the NBN always manages to generate interesting debate on the future of communications.
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NBN Co hands out first apartment contracts
NBN Co has begun tackling the troubling issue of rolling out fibre into existing apartment blocks and other multi-dwelling units.
What's wrong with the NBN
Last week, Twisted Wire asked politicians, industry insiders, and commentators to highlight the good points of the NBN. This week, they're back with a more pessimistic outlook.
Telcos gang up for last minute push to block Telstra-Adam sale
Vodafone, iiNet, and Macquarie Telecom have made a last minute call for the competition regulator to reject Telstra's acquisition of Adam Internet.
ACCC casts eye on NBN Co's 'pull through' fibre drops
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is evaluating NBN Co's "pull through" method of installing fibre, which disconnects a customer's existing connection during installation.
China's FttH an inconvenient NBN truth for Libs
The Coalition has been berating journalists for not looking at overseas plans for nationwide broadband networks — but now that the world’s most populous country has committed to FttH, what are we now to believe?
What's great about the NBN
Industry professionals and politicians of both persuasions have united to celebrate the positive aspects of the National Broadband Network.
Google Fiber US-wide rollout puts NBN in perspective
A report from Goldman Sachs, estimating that a nationwide rollout of Google Fiber will cost US$140 billion to complete in the US, puts Australia's fibre-to-the-premise NBN project in perspective.
Telstra must use low-cost ISP to keep regional dominance: CBA
Telstra will need to continue marketing aggressively in regional Australia, using Foxtel and its planned low-cost provider Adam Internet, in order to maintain dominance, according to the Commonwealth Bank.
NBN Co loses Jim Hassell to Broadcast Australia
NBN Co has lost one of its veteran executives to Broadcast Australia, head of industry relations and product development, Jim Hassell.
Turnbull's media crusade masks Libs' NBN incoherence
Turnbull is playing the man, not the ball. But the media is not his problem; his policy is the problem. And no amount of bluster will change the fact that there are serious, unanswered questions around the Coalition's alternative policy.
1 in 5 S'pore households now on fiber
Citing a survey it commissioned, OpenNet says subscriber numbers have reached 250,000 as of November, and fiber users are more satisfied with their installation and usage now compared to last year.
Optus seeks NBN Co's confidential financials
Optus has asked the competition regulator to provide confidential information from NBN Co in order to ensure that it will not ultimately overcharge access seekers on the NBN.
iiNet to multicast IPTV on NBN
iiNet will trial its Fetch TV IPTV product in an NBN greenfields site, in what is the first use of multicasting on the NBN.
Telstra taps Service Stream for NBN remediation
Telstra has awarded Service Stream a contract to get the company's pits and ducts ready for NBN infrastructure worth up to AU$420 million.
The Twitter dogcast
On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team looks at Malcolm Turnbull's NBN policy, the Australian government's view on geoblocking, and Twitter's latest security risk.