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• NBN Co should prepare for Coalition government: NBN committee

  The latest report from the parliamentary committee overseeing the National Broadband Network has recommended that NBN Co update its corporate plan to prepare for a new government, “to prepare strategies to minimise risk in any policy changes that may reasonably be expected to occur in the 2012-2015 period”.

• Turnbull seeks clarity on PRISM

  Shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has said the public needs clarity on the scope of programs such as PRISM – an initiative by the US National Security Agency that allegedly sources data from a number of major tech firms including Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft.

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  NBN Co has been 'very transparent': Conroy

  Senator Stephen Conroy has cited NBN Co’s public downgrade in February of its construction targets as an example of openness by the government-owned company.

• Chorus offers interim VDSL product during NZ fibre rollout

  New Zealand company Chorus – the network infrastructure arm of Telecom until a 2011 demerger – has launched a wholesale VDSL-based offering that will be available from 7 June.

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  Turnbull criticises government's NBN budget cuts

  Malcolm Turnbull has criticised the Federal Government for budget cuts to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

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  Turnbull blasts Labor over unsold spectrum in Digital Dividend

  Malcolm Turnbull has slammed the Labor government for not raising more money in the Digital Dividend auction.

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  iiNet wants more control over NBN speeds

  iiNet’s Steve Dalby has called for more control for RSPs on the NBN to create their own plans for the network based on different speeds and not just what NBN Co offers.

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  Turnbull's NBN could 'cost the same' in the long-run

  Shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull said at a doorstop interview today that a fibre to the node (FTTN) policy for the National Broadband Network (NBN) could possibly end up costing around the same as the current fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) policy.

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  NBN Co CEO's job on the line under the Coalition?

  Malcolm Turnbull has indicated the Coalition would implement changes at the management and board level of NBN Co if it wins the federal election.

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  Coalition promises 50Mbps NBN for 'vast majority' of households

  The Coalition has announced a “vast majority” of households would access speeds up to 50Mbps for $29.5 billion under its broadband policy.

• The long and winding road to a Coalition NBN policy

  The Coalition is reportedly set to release an alternative National Broadband Network (NBN) policy this week.

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  Turnbull expects further NBN Co target downgrade

  Shadow Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull has told parliament he understands that NBN Co will announce it won’t meet its June target for premises passed.

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  What is the future for the NBN under the Coalition?

  NBN Co has a 10-year plan for Australia’s high-speed broadband future, but a change in government after September’s federal election – with the latest Newspoll showing the Coalition with a lead of 52 per cent to Labor’s 48 per cent on a two-party preferred basis – has created uncertainty about the project’s future.

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  NBN oversight falls victim to partisanship

  Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has lambasted the Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network (JCNBN) for becoming more about party politics than about the roll out of the NBN.

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  NBN Co's CEO calls for a study into broadband technologies

  NBN Co’s CEO Mike Quigley has called for a study from the Communications Alliance to decide what is the best technology to use to roll out high-speed broadband across Australia.