BROADBAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS – AUSTRALIA

High-fibre plan: Labor tips another $3b into NBN

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Original article by Ronald Mizen, Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 14-Jan-25

The federal government has announced that it will invest a further $3 billion in the National Broadband Network, with the funding to give an extra 622,000 premises the option of full fibre access. With an additional injection of $800 million from NBN Co to be included, Labor expects it to result in over 94 per cent of premises on the fixed-line network having access to speeds of up to 1GB per second on fibre to the premises or hybrid fibre coaxial connections. The new $3 billion in funding will increase the government’s total investment in the NBN to $35 billion.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, NBN CO LIMITED

High-fibre plan: Labor tips another $3b into NBN

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Original article by Ronald Mizen, Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 14-Jan-25

The federal government has announced that it will invest a further $3 billion in the National Broadband Network, with the funding to give an extra 622,000 premises the option of full fibre access. With an additional injection of $800 million from NBN Co to be included, Labor expects it to result in over 94 per cent of premises on the fixed-line network having access to speeds of up to 1GB per second on fibre to the premises or hybrid fibre coaxial connections. The new $3 billion in funding will increase the government’s total investment in the NBN to $35 billion.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, NBN CO LIMITED

Massive NBN bonuses under scrutiny

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Original article by Matthew Elmas
The New Daily – Page: Online : 15-Feb-23

NBNCo’s annual reports show that its executives have received bonuses totalling $5.7m since 2020, including about $1.5m in 2021-22. The issue was raised during a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday. Assistant Minister for Infrastructure Carol Brown said that bonuses for executives of government-owned entities should be linked to performance, and taxpayers’ money should be "well spent". She added that the bonuses for NBNCo executives do not align with community expectations; Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has expressed a similar view.

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NBN CO LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN GREENS

NBN Co staff on salaries of $200,000 or more received average bonus of almost $50,000

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Original article by Josh Taylor
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 27-May-21

The issue of bonus payments for employees of government business enterprises is under renewed scrutiny following the release of data on the bonuses received by employees of NBN Co. A total of 3,819 employees shared the $77.5m worth of cash bonuses that NBN Co paid in 2020. Some 2,865 employees who earn between $100,000 and $200,000 received an average bonus of $13,000 each; in contrast, those on annual salaries of more than $200,000 received an average bonus of $49,743. Shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland says the ongoing problems with the national broadband network mean that the "excessive" bonuses are not justified.

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NBN CO LIMITED

Upgraded NBN a more attractive takeover target

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Original article by Sally Patten
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 28-Sep-20

Telstra chairman John Mullen has welcomed the federal government’s decision to upgrade the national broadband network by rolling out fibre-to-the-premises to more households and businesses. He says the NBN will be easier to maintain than the current hybrid system, which includes fibre-to-the-node and the existing copper network. Amid speculation that the NBN will eventually be sold, Mullen says the upgraded network will be more attractive to potential investors, including Telstra’s own infrastructure division. However, InfraCo would need to be demerged in order to buy the NBN.

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS,INFRACO,NBN CO LIMITED

NBN push for fibre to the home

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 11 : 23-Sep-20

The federal government has forecast that a major upgrade of the national broadband network will boost GDP by $6.4bn a year by 2024. The $4.5bn upgrade project is also expected to generate about 25,000 jobs over coming years as more businesses and households gain fast internet access. NBN Co will allocate $3.5bn to rolling out high-speed fibre cables to nearly 10 million households and businesses, which will be given the option of taking up a fibre-to-the-premises connection. Communications Minister Paul Fletcher says it was always the Coalition’s intention to upgrade the NBN to full fibre when the initial rollout was completed.

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NBN CO LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS

ACCC to investigate high cost of low speed NBN plans

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Original article by James Fennessy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 19 : 15-Oct-19

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission will undertake an investigation into NBN Co’s wholesale pricing. The focus of the investigation will be on whether NBN has concentrated too much on developing products for those who want high internet access speeds at the expense of consumers who only want low internet speeds. The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network has warned that a significant section of the community will be excluded from getting an NBN service if its prices increase any further.

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NBN CO LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK

Telstra stung by go-slow on NBN

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Original article by Supratim Adhikari
The Australian – Page: 19 : 3-Sep-19

NBN Co’s latest corporate plan indicates that seven million homes will have an active National Broadband Network service by 30 June 2020, compared to its previous forecast of 7.5 million. The slowdown in the number of homes being connected to the NBN will not only impact on NBN Co’s revenue forecasts but on Telstra’s as well. The telco has advised that the slowdown will reduce its revenue by about $400m.

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NBN CO LIMITED, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS

Consumers who know their NBN speed are more satisfied with their provider

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 27-Aug-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that consumers who know what their NBN plan’s ‘typical evening speed’ should be are more satisfied with their provider (78%) than those who do not know (68.1%), according to research conducted in the three months to June 2019. Analysis of the consumer NBN market shows that 49.9% of consumers do not know "What typical evening speed is included in your NBN plan?" Interestingly, this lack of knowledge about speed is not simply because someone may not be the Primary or Joint Fixed Broadband Decision Maker. For the 49.9% of consumers who do not know the ‘typical evening speed’ of their NBN plan a clear majority of 59.8% are either the Primary (25.2%) or Joint (34.6%) Fixed Broadband Decision Maker. There is a clear link between those who do know their NBN speed tier and increased satisfaction with their internet service provider (78.0%). In contrast, just over two-thirds of those who did not know their typical evening speed (68.1%) were satisfied with their internet service provider, a significant difference of 9.9% points.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Telstra behind high NBN prices

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Original article by Supratim Adhikari
The Australian – Page: 17 & 27 : 1-Aug-19

Telstra CEO Andy Penn has used a National Press Club speech to call for NBN Co to reduce the wholesale prices that it charges for accessing the national broadband network. He argued that the current wholesale prices means it is not profitable for telcos to resell NBN services, and that reducing these charges would encourage investment in the sector. However, Andrew Sheridan of Optus argues that the high wholesale prices are at least partly due to NBN Co’s ongoing payments to Telstra. Vodafone CEO Inaki Berroeta agrees with his comments.

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NBN CO LIMITED, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, VODAFONE AUSTRALIA LIMITED