Senator Stephen Conroy

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  Turnbull: Nearly 110,000 homes waiting for NBN fibre

  Malcolm Turnbull has said nearly 110,000 households in greenfield estates are on the NBN Co waiting list to receive fibre connections.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 18 May, 2012 12:53

  Tags: Senator Stephen Conroy, national broadband network, malcolm turnbull

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  New homes dudded over NBN: Turnbull

  Opposition communications spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull, says the government's "prejudice" against the private sector left about 35,000 new homes connected to copper instead of fibre cable last year.

  By AAP | 17 May, 2012 16:10

  Tags: Senator Stephen Conroy, NBN, national broadband network, malcolm turnbull

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  Conroy turns the attack to Hockey

  Senator Stephen Conroy has slammed Joe Hockey for asserting the NBN should be treated as a budgetary cost.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 17 May, 2012 15:19

  Tags: Senator Stephen Conroy, NBN, national broadband network

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  NBN service plans won't cost consumers more: Conroy

  Senator Stephen Conroy has slammed Opposition leader Tony Abbott’s comments that National Broadband Network (NBN) services could cost consumers more than current ADSL plans, saying Abbott was “plain wrong” “and that he should “check his facts.”

  By Hamish Barwick | 14 May, 2012 10:34

  Tags: Tony Abbott, Senator Stephen Conroy, National Broadband Network (NBN), malcolm turnbull, Budget 2012-13

• Bourke one step closer to NBN - after a three-year wait

  Bourke will be home to a satellite ground station to help it get on-board the National Broadband Network (NBN) – but it’s going to have to wait three years until it is operational.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 11 May, 2012 08:43

  Tags: telecommunications, Senator Stephen Conroy, satellite, NBN, national broadband network

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  Cloud to add $3b to Aus economy: KPMG

  A new report by accounting firm KPMG takes a look at the Cloud in Australia and estimates more than $3 billion could be added to the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) in 10 years, as well as drive growth of start-ups and small businesses.

  By Diana Nguyen | 02 May, 2012 12:50

  Tags: business, cloud, cloud computing, kpmg, Senator Stephen Conroy

• ACMA releases draft rules for spectrum auction

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) have issued a set of draft rules to govern the upcoming ‘Digital Dividend’ auction for the reallocation of Australia’s 700MHz and 2.5GHz spectrum.

  By Chloe Herrick | 11 April, 2012 13:17

  Tags: 2.5GHz spectrum, 700mhz spectrum, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Digital dividend, Senator Stephen Conroy

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  3.5m premises to get NBN by 2015

  NBN Co has detailed a three-year plan to roll out the National Broadband Network (NBN) to 3.5 million premises across Australia by June 2015.

  By Chloe Herrick | 29 March, 2012 14:43

  Tags: Mike Quigley, National Broadband Network (NBN), nbn co, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Senator Stephen Conroy, Telstra

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  NBN announces 3-year rollout plan

  NBN Co Ltd boss, Mike Quigley, says the launch of the three-year rollout schedule for the high speed National Broadband Network (NBN) is a "turning point" for the federal government project.

  By AAP | 29 March, 2012 12:33

  Tags: accc, Mike Quigley, national broadband network, NBN, nbn co, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Senator Stephen Conroy

• Conroy named a community visionary

  Federal Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, who is overseeing the government's $36 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) project, has received an award from a New York-based think tank.

  By AAP | 28 March, 2012 11:22

  Tags: National Broadband Network company, NBN, Senator Stephen Conroy, telecommunications

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  Australia’s first national cyber security competition launched

  A cyber security competition aimed at enticing ICT university students into the information security industry has been unveiled by the Gillard government.

  By Hamish Barwick | 19 March, 2012 11:12

  Tags: computer science, information security, Senator Stephen Conroy

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  Government needs to address Cloud demand, concerns: Conroy

  Cloud computing has the potential to benefit federal and state governments, but issues such as privacy need to be addressed first, according to federal communications minister, Stephen Conroy.

  By Hamish Barwick | 15 February, 2012 12:31

  Tags: AIIA, cloud, national broadband network, Senator Stephen Conroy

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  Government sets spectrum auction limits

  The federal government has taken steps to ensure no single telecommunication company will have an unfair advantage in an upcoming auction of spectrum for mobile device providers.

  By AAP | 10 February, 2012 09:54

  Tags: Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Senator Stephen Conroy

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  Conroy spruiks Safer Internet Day

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), together with Senator Stephen Conroy, have launched Safer Internet Day, an initiative designed to encourage cyber safety.

  By Hamish Barwick | 07 February, 2012 10:17

  Tags: Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australian Federal Police (AFP), cyber safety, cyber security, Safer Internet Day, Senator Stephen Conroy

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  Telstra to offer wholesale open access broadband service

  Telstra has announced plans for an open access wholesale service on fibre networks it is currently deploying in South Brisbane.

  By Hamish Barwick | 23 January, 2012 14:50

  Tags: ACCCC, fibre access broadband, national broadband network, Senator Stephen Conroy, Telstra