BROADBAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS – GOVERNMENT POLICY – AUSTRALIA

Half of the bandwidth to be provided by the NBN will go to waste, report finds

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Original article by Vanessa Desloires
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 27-Aug-14

Consultants Robert Kenny and Tom Broughton have issued new data on internet usage in Australia, for the Vertigan Panel reviewing the roll-out of the national broadband network. They claim that most households will require a download speed of 15 megabytes per second (Mbps) by 2023, and just 5% will use 43Mbps. This is still far below the 100Mbps to be offered by the new infrastructure. Growth areas are online video streaming and internet TV

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NBN CO LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK

How Telstra and NBN Co started a $200m fight

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 16-Jul-14

NBN Co and Telstra are engaged in a legal dispute over the impact of increases in the CPI on their $A11 billion cable infrastructure agreement. There is a difference of $A200 million in their calculations. Telstra believes the CPI increase should apply from 2012, while NBN Co claims the increase should apply from 2013. The matter will be considered in the Supreme Court of New South Wales

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NBN CO LIMITED, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

NBN connections soar in a year

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 2 : 1-Jul-14

Greg Adcock, COO of NBN Co, has issued new and promising data on its progress in rolling out the Australian Government’s national broadband network. The number of premises connected to the cabling infrastructure has risen from 27,250 to 106,000 during 2013-14, while that of actual users is also up from 1,870 to now about 16,000. NBN Co and the main contractor, Ericsson, have a target of 450,000 connections by mid-2015. However Ericsson, which is being paid $A1.1bn, had suffered a series of setbacks

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NBN CO LIMITED, ERICSSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TELEFON AB LM ERICSSON

Palmer’s $86bn budget saving plan doesn’t add up

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Original article by David Crowe
The Australian – Page: 2 : 24-Jun-14

Palmer United Party leader and federal MP Clive Palmer will soon hold talks with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on passing legislation for the Government’s 2014-15 Budget measures. Palmer has also outlined his own strategy for savings, with the national broadband network roll-out’s cost to be lowered from $A45bn to $A7bn by only serving rural areas. Palmer wants to buy submarines from the US for $A10bn rather than to spend $A37bn on new ones, by opting for nuclear-powered vessels. Experts have cast serious doubts on both policy proposals

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PALMER UNITED PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, NBN CO LIMITED, PAUL BUDDE COMMUNICATION PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE LIMITED, DELOITTE ACCESS ECONOMICS PTY LTD