Government IT
Broadband
TPG rollout threatens NBN financial health: Ziggy Switkowski
Mahesh Sharma 3:13 PM The NBN's bottom line could be severely impacted by competition from existing fibre-to-the-basement internet providers, NBN Co chairman tells senate hearing.
Broadband
Malcolm Turnbull starts fifth NBN audit
Lia Timson Malcolm Turnbull has commissioned a fifth audit of the national broadband network since coming to office in September.
Social media
Social media diplomacy is worth the risk: US State Department
Matthew Hall It's official: the United States government believes the benefits of social media far outweigh the risks when it comes to 21st century digital diplomacy.
Business
Canberra IT firm Dataflex goes into administration
Tom McIlroy and Henry Belot Canberra IT service provider and reseller Dataflex has been placed in voluntary administration, with questions remaining over workers entitlements.
Procurement
Queensland in the slow lane on fixing 'clunker' IT systems
Sylvia Pennington While plans to offload its commercial technology services arm CITEC are on track, the Queensland government has yet to produce a replacement schedule for moribund systems.
Broadband
Residents unaware copper switch-off will affect telephone service
Mahesh Sharma Regional and elderly residents will be the most affected by NBN Co's plans to switch off Telstra's copper network for customers around Australia.
Broadband
Medium-speed NBN services growing in popularity
Mahesh Sharma NBN Co has released figures showing take up of NBN services around the country, with medium-speed internet packages growing at a faster rate than others.
Broadband
Malcolm Turnbull expects Telstra NBN new deal in a 'few months'
Ben Grubb The renegotiation of Telstra's $11 billion NBN deal should be completed by the middle of the year, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.
Broadband
Broadband availability report released
Ben Grubb The government has released a report and website showing the quality and availability of broadband across Australia.
Web
US to write new net neutrality rules
Rob Lever US regulators have called for new "open internet" rules following a court ruling that struck down much of the so-called "net neutrality" provisions.
Broadband
White House responds to net neutrality petition
Barack Obama supports a free and open internet but that he cannot order broadband service be classified as utility.
Broadband
Government to fast-track NBN connection to 700,000 premises
Mahesh Sharma The government says it will soon start rolling out high-speed broadband connections to 700,000 premises that have no access to fixed services.
Copyright
Copyright reform needed to drive economy: Labor
Lia Timson Australians should have the same right to creative content as citizens of the US and be free to innovate using technology, says Jason Clare.
Broadband
Coalition lied about true cost of NBN: Jason Clare
Lia Timson The Coalition lied about cost blowouts to the NBN in order to win votes, claims opposition communications spokesman Jason Clare.
Broadband
NBN now a long, slow and unspectacular slog
Tony Brown It is fast approaching six months since the Coalition came to power and assumed responsibility for the National Broadband Network (NBN) – undoubtedly one of the highest profile issues in the last federal election campaign – and in the post-election period the temperature around the NBN debate has barely cooled.
Telecoms
NBN Co blocks board minutes release: reputations at stake
Ben Butler, Lucy Battersby NBN Co claims the reputations of its directors could be damaged if it revealed the minutes of board meeting.
Copyright
George Brandis signals internet filter rebirth
Matthew Knott The government is considering a major crackdown on online piracy, including forcing ISPs to block websites that allow users to illegally stream or download movies, music and TV.
Biometrics
Police add mobile fingerprint scanner, Android app to crime-fighting arsenal
Lia Timson Forget getting back to the station. Police officers in South Australia will now be able to scan suspected criminals' fingerprints on the spot.
Broadband
Gel casing degrading Telstra's copper: union
Mahesh Sharma A decade-old gel-like casing used to repair part of the copper network is rapidly decaying it, casting new doubts over a fibre-to-the-node NBN.
Broadband
Funding for alternative NBN may require rethink
David Braue Taxpayer funding, sale of company may be needed if project not viable.
