Coalition plan keeps 'us in backwater'
Mitchell Bingemann and Andrew Colley THE Coalition's broadband policy would rob Australia of the chance to lift itself out of the broadband backwater, industry experts say.
Making a virtue of patchwork approach
Jennifer Hewett, National affairs correspondent TONY Smith says the opposition makes absolutely no apology for not competing in an arms race with Labor on spending on broadband.
Fibre not a healthy option
Michael G Porter I TOO would like a Ferrari, but why should it be subsidised by the government?
Libs lack vision for digital future
Stuart Kennedy THE Coalition has bet the country's digital future on a mixture of systems.
Abbott battles to defend broadband plan
Matthew Franklin, Lauren Wilson AN Abbott government would enlist the private sector to upgrade internet services, rejecting Labor's $43 billion national broadband network.
Conroy has better NBN story to tell
James Chessell STEPHEN Conroy is a rare beast in this election campaign: a federal minister with a positive story to sell.
$90m for filters, cyber safety: Coalition
Fran Foo THE Coalition will allocate $90 million for PC-based filters to block internet nasties and boost cyber-safety education.
New virus targets online accounts
Mike Harvey and Katherine Griffiths ONLINE banking customers are being targeted by international cyber criminals who are using a new version of the trojan virus.
Why bother with analysis on a $43 billion NBN?
Cut & Paste Stephen Conroy at the National Press Club yesterday:
No fibre at green field estates: Coalition
Stuart Kennedy DEVELOPERS will be excused from having to incorporate fibre optic connections in green field estates until at least January 2012 under the Coalition.
Smith broadband-lite plan falls short
James Massola TONY Smith's broadband plan falls far short of Labor's far more ambitious agenda to run fibre down streets across the country.
Abbott relies on private sector for broadband
Mitchell Bingemann, James Massola THE Coalition will rely on the private sector to offer high-speed broadband to 97 per cent of the population by 2016, two years ahead of Labor's plan.
Coalition unveils $6.3bn broadband plan
UPDATE: James Massola, Mitchell Bingemann THE Coalition will spend $6.31 billion over seven years to provide Australians with faster broadband using a mix of technologies.
Google agonises on privacy
Jessica E. Vascellaro A CONFIDENTIAL, seven-page Google "vision statement" shows the information-age giant in a deep round of soul-searching.
NSW Health CIO to run Deloitte practice
Fran Foo NSW Health's ex-acting chief information officer Craig Smith has returned to his consulting roots to run Deloitte's local e-health practice.
Coalition vows to postpone e-health
Karen Dearne AN Abbott government will defer spending on electronic health records until the budget is back in surplus.
Synergy delivers for customers
Jennifer Foreshew SYNERGY's business transformation program provided the impetus for a major upgrade to the organisation's website.
Industry slams Opposition's wireless plan
Andrew Colley and Mitchell Bingemann THE Coalition's plan to drop the $43 billion National Broadband Network in favour of wireless broadband has been slammed by the ICT sector.
Facebook friends join Turnbull's filter forum
Fran Foo "I'VE never seen so many nerds here before," a Paddington RSL worker mumbled under their breath over the weekend.
Leave kids online keepsakes
Glen Chapman LEGACY Locker is building virtual safe-deposit boxes where people can leave digital estates.
The Coalition's plan to drop Labor's National Broadband Network has met with a harsh response. Illustration: Eric Lobbecke
Tony Abbott's broadband plan
RIM tries to keep pace with its rivals
THE new BlackBerry 6 operating system might stop the drift to iPhone or Android and even steal some users from those platforms.
Abbott battles to defend broadband plan
AN Abbott government would enlist the private sector to upgrade internet services, rejecting Labor's $43 billion national broadband network.
Making a virtue of patchwork approach
TONY Smith says the opposition makes absolutely no apology for not competing in an arms race with Labor on spending on broadband.
Telecoms Top Gainers & Losers
| Company Name | Price | Change | %Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intrapower | 0.14 | +0.00 | UP | +3.57% |
| Singtel | 2.50 | +0.05 | UP | +2.04% |
| Macquarie Telecom Group | 5.70 | +0.05 | UP | +0.88% |
| Cape Range Limited | 0.00 | +0.00 | UP | +0.0% |
| Freshtel Holdings | 0.00 | +0.00 | UP | +0.0% |
| Eftel | 0.01 | -0.00 | DOWN | -17.65% |
| Clever Communications Australia | 0.06 | -0.00 | DOWN | -6.35% |
| NEXBIS LIMITED | 0.08 | -0.00 | DOWN | -4.71% |
| Hutchison | 0.12 | -0.01 | DOWN | -4.0% |
| Telstra Corp | 3.27 | -0.06 | DOWN | -1.81% |
IN DEPTH
Making a virtue of patchwork approach
Jennifer Hewett, National affairs correspondent TONY Smith says the opposition makes absolutely no apology for not competing in an arms race with Labor on spending on broadband.
Libs lack vision for digital future
Stuart Kennedy THE Coalition has bet the country's digital future on a mixture of systems.
Fibre not a healthy option
Michael G Porter I TOO would like a Ferrari, but why should it be subsidised by the government?
Smith broadband-lite plan falls short
James Massola TONY Smith's broadband plan falls far short of Labor's far more ambitious agenda to run fibre down streets across the country.
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