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NBN receives funding boost in Federal Budget
The National Broadband Network (NBN) received a funding boost in last night’s Federal Budget, with the Rudd Government allocating additional funding to implement the NBN through to 2014.
Senator Stephen Conroy appointed by United Nations ITU
Senator Stephen Conroy has been appointed by the United Nations as a founding member of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development.
Govt to dump broadband subsidy due to Telstra NextG pricing
Stephen Conroy has announced changes to the Australian Broadband Guarantee that will see subsidies dumped in areas served by Telstra’s NextG wireless broadband.
NBN draft legislation takes DBCDE site down
The government’s National Broadband Network draft legislation has gone up on the Department of Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy (DBCDE) website, but demand for the document has caused the DBCDE site to crash. The legislation is contained in two separate bills and are available from the below links when the DBCDE site is back up. […]
NBN senior staffer quits Sen Conroy’s DBCDE
Deputy Secretary of the National Broadband Network within the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) Colin Lyons has quit, effective the end of February 2010. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy today thanked Mr Lyons for his esteemed work and dedication to the Department. “Col has […]