NBNCo Offers Service Providers Cheaper Rates to Start Up on NBN

NBN Co is now making it easier for broadband service providers to offer their services to individual consumers and businesses. NBN is offering service providers discounted rates on capacity charges to help the network sell in its initial days. These discounted rates will be helpful and beneficial for all...

NBN Co Fires Up It’s Engines

With Labour taking the reigns NBN Co has powered up the furnaces again. Almost instantly they posted new jobs and announced they were on the lookout for a Radio Planning Manager to head the NBN. The successful candidate will be responsible for mapping out base stations and making sure NBN Co meets it...

City Won’t Pay for Country Broadband

The Gillard government insists the city won’t be slugged to fund affordable broadband in the bush. Labor has promised equal wholesale prices for metropolitan and country internet users to win over key independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott. Treasurer Wayne Swan, however, insists city taxpayers...

Conroy opens NBNCo regulation debate

Part two of the regulatory reforms paper. Communications minister Stephen Conroy has called for submissions on how to regulate the National Broadband Network company and its access regime. The topic area is one of two covered by the previously-released regulatory reforms discussion paper. The first part of...

SAP eyes NBNCo as a customer

Also explores joint products with telcos. Software giant SAP has created a new head of telecommunications role in Australia to chase NBN opportunities and explore the sale of “joint products” through the telcos. An SAP spokewoman has been contacted for comment. The former general manager of the...