Telstra values NBN deal at $16 billion

Disputes copper value by competition regulator. Telstra has revealed a pre-tax price tag of $16 billion on its draft financial heads of agreement with NBN Co – a figure made public as the telco attempts to win an argument with Australia’s competition watchdog over the Read...

Nokia-Siemens snares up to $400m NBN deal

Optical transmission contract. Nokia-Siemens Networks has agreed to supply optical transmission kit to NBN Co in a deal that could be worth up to $400 million over ten years. The networking vendor has initially won a $10 million purchase order for “test laboratory equipment and systems to support...

Telstra pushes back NBN deal approval dates

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Aus national b’band deal: NBN pays Telstra $11billion for ‘holes in the ground’ (lost share value?)

NBN Co’s Mike Quigley interview – Telstra’s biggest business partner is now the Federal Gvmt’s NBN Co, and Telstra in turn will be the NBN’s biggest customer….. doesn’t the fact that you and the Government have paid Telstra billion indicate that actually you do need...

Telstra spies Brunswick NBN build deal

Negotiations cover access to pits and pipes. Telstra has confirmed it is negotiating its first potential national broadband network (NBN) construction contract, covering passive fibre rollout in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. A spokesman for the telco told iTnews that although a contract with NBN...