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  Telecom shareholders approve demerger

  New Zealand Telecom (ASX: TEL) shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favour of demerging its infrastructure business Chorus to allow the company to participate in the country’s Ultra-fast Broadband Network (UFB) project.

  By Tim Lohman | 26 October, 2011 11:37

  Tags: broadband, Chorus, fibre, networking, telecom, telecommunications, UFB

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  VHA wary of NBN customer lock-in

  While offering neither fixed line calls or fixed broadband services, Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) believes the National Broadband Network (NBN) will still deliver the telco an increase in business.

  By Tim Lohman | 25 October, 2011 08:57

  Tags: broadband, fibre, NBN, vha, wireless

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  OPEL would be serving bush broadband today: Turnbull

  Federal opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has used his National Press Club address to argue the decision to scrap the Howard government’s OPEL network for an NBN has denied the bush broadband services over the past three years.

  By Rodney Gedda | 03 August, 2011 14:37

  Tags: ADSL, broadband, fibre, Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP), hfc cable, Malcom Turnbull, NBN, nbn co, opel, Senator Stephen Conroy

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  NBN costs 'thousands less' than today's fibre: Quigley

  At the launch of the next trial site of the National Broadband Network in Kiama, NSW today, NBN Co chief Mike Quigley said concerns about pricing for Internet access are unfounded as fibre connections cost "thousands" already.

  By Rodney Gedda | 29 July, 2011 11:01

  Tags: broadband, fibre, fttp, Kiama, Mike Quigley, NBN, nbn co, Senator Stephen Conroy

• Huawei tipped for NZ's 'NBN' network

  Huawei is expected to be shortly named as preferred supplier for New Zealand's $1.2 billion Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) network.

  By AAP | 21 July, 2011 10:11

  Tags: broadband, Crown Fibre, fibre, huawai, networking, telecommunications, UFB, Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB)

• Collaborative gastrointestinal research gets boost via AARNet broadband

  Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has used its high speed broadband network to share gastrointestinal e-health research with practitioners in parts of Asia.

  By Computerworld Staff | 07 March, 2011 10:21

  Tags: aarnet, e-health, fibre, networking, telecommunications

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  Mission-critical utilities to look carefully at NBN fibre

  A fibre-based National Broadband Network will extend further than any existing utility network, but many mission-critical utilities for power and water will continue to run their own infrastructure to maintain higher data transport integrity and resiliency, even if the NBN is used for last-mile services.

  By Rodney Gedda | 25 February, 2011 11:01

  Tags: Energy Networks Association, fibre, Haliplex, natural disasters, NBN, Utilities

• NBN Co chief attempts knock-out blow in fibre vs wireless fight

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has sought to drive the final nail into the fibre versus mobile wireless contest stating that politics surrounding the technology debate had become “sterile”.

  By Tim Lohman | 23 February, 2011 12:44

  Tags: fibre, Mike Quigley, NBN, nbn co, wireless

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  NSW Education completes fibre rollout as usage spirals upwards

  A $280 million fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) rollout to all NSW public schools and TAFE institutions is expected to be completed by the end of the year, Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth announced this week.

  By James Hutchinson | 09 September, 2010 13:00

  Tags: fibre, NSW DET

• Fox Sports taps fibre upgrade for competitive edge

  Fox Sports will tap its high-speed fibre network to deliver more sports events online and in 3D next year as the content producer pushes its credentials at the time when the major sports codes are deciding their broadcast futures.

  By Mahesh Sharma | 09 September, 2010 09:32

  Tags: broadband, fibre, Fox Sports, networking, Nextgen Networks

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  Local network industry 'missing out' with NBN

  Construction of the $43 billion National Broadband Network may be a boon for the services economy, but local networking providers feel left out with two companies saying the government-owned business isn’t doing enough for industry development.

  By Rodney Gedda | 03 August, 2010 15:02

  Tags: alcatel-lucent, broadband, fibre, Haliplex, manufacturing, NBN, networking

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  Telstra, Transfield in on first NBN building projects

  The Federal Government's NBN Co has announced the successful contractors which will work on construction of the passive optical fibre network in the five first release sites on the Australian mainland.

  By Rodney Gedda | 15 July, 2010 09:12

  Tags: broadband, construction, fibre, fttp, NBN, Telstra

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  NBN shortlists suppliers for 200,000km fibre rollout

  Just days after brokering an infrastructure sharing agreement with Telstra, the federal government’s NBN Co has announced it will ask 21 Australian companies, including Telstra, to tender for the rollout of an estimated 200,000 kilometres of fibre cabling across the country.

  By Rodney Gedda | 23 June, 2010 13:45

  Tags: broadband, fibre, Internet cables, NBN

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  More fiber will help US wireless crunch

  Laying more fiber is one way to make more efficient use of wireless spectrum, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said on Wednesday.

  By Nancy Gohring | 11 March, 2010 06:05

  Tags: Federal Communications Commission, fibre, wireless

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  The challenges of bringing fiber to the home

  Carriers worried about the cost of deploying fiber should concentrate primarily on lowering their installation costs and driving up their adoption rates, according to Boston-based research firm the Yankee Group.

  By Brad Reed | 01 July, 2009 05:59

  Tags: broadband, fibre, ftth