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• M2 acquisition to open up government market for Primus

  Telecommunications company Primus will be free to pursue more Australian government business following its acquisition by M2 Telecommunications, according to Primus chief executive, Tom Mazerski.

• Optus needs a stronger NBN strategy: Analysts

  While Optus is fresh from celebrating 20 years in business, the next two decades will see changes in the telecommunications market that it will need to tackle in order to stay competitive, according to telco analysts.

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  Vodafone should go retail-only: Analyst

  Vodafone Australia should consider ditching its infrastructure business and instead focus on being a Telstra or Optus reseller, according to one of the country's leading telco analysts.

• ACMA details Digital Dividend auction plan for 2012

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) detailed its plan for the lead up to its ‘Digital Dividend’ auction of Australia’s 700MHz spectrum at the end of 2012.

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  High speed adult content may drive NBN uptake

  While the Federal Government has extolled the virtues of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in delivering e-health and government agency services to every Australian, adult content will be the major driver of consumer adoption, according to content and applications developer, The Project Factory.

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  Optus femtocell ploy "passing the buck": Telsyte

  Optus has kicked off an Australian-first commercial trial of wireless femtocell technology but one analyst has fired back at the telco for “passing the buck” on to consumers to fix holes in its network.

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  Can Australia's internet be switched off, too?

  Although Australia has been a stable democracy for 110 years now, shutting off the country's internet would be surprisingly easy to do and take just minutes, according to telecommunications experts.

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  Opposition broadband plan lacks leadership and vision: Budde

  A leading telecommunications analyst has slammed the Federal Opposition's broadband policy announced today as lacking vision and leadership.

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  Budde barney over NBN blowout

  Telecommunications analyst, Paul Budde, has slammed comments by a rival consultant that the National Broadband Network (NBN) could cost in excess of $80 billion.

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  Analysts back upgrade to APCN2

  Analysts have backed the announced upgrade to the Asia Pacific Network Cable 2 (APNC2) from 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) to 40 Gbps, but have warned that Australia will need further cables and capacity in the future.

• Thodey: Telstra's CEO one year on

  It’s been a year marked by numerous challenges, such as the spectre of separating his company, and tough negotiations with the Government and NBN Co around the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• Government misses smart grid opportunity

  The Federal Government has missed an electric opportunity to link its $100 million smart grid dreams to key announcements in the Budget, two weeks after it was supposed to announce a winning bidder for a demonstration project.

• Analysts greet NBN Study but ask for business case

  Analysts have broadly welcomed the findings of the NBN Implementation Study, but expressed some doubt around the state of a business case for the national infrastructure project.

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  Free-to-air TV over the NBN?

  Hopes for the provision of free-to-air television over the National Broadband Network (NBN) have been dealt a blow by Free TV Australia, the body representing Australia’s commercial free-to-air (FTA) television broadcasters.

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  Telstra separation announced next Thursday?

  The eerie quiet that has descended over the once very public stoush between the Federal Government and Telstra (ASX:TLS) could be the clearest indication yet that a deal on the separation of the telco is close at hand.