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• Wrap up: Realising Our Broadband Future summit

  The Federal Government's Realising Our Broadband Future event was held over two days at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

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  Broadband future: Conroy announces collaborative broadband framework

  As the Realising Our Broadband Future forum drew to a close, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, outlined the next steps — a report and a collaborative framework across all three tiers of government.

• Broadband future: Australian boards to include digital natives

  Is it time to rethink the composition of many of the corporate boards of Australia to take advantage of the opportunities technologies such as broadband can provide? That is just one of the ideas discussed in the e-business plenary session at the Realising Our Broadband Future forum in Sydney.

• In Pictures: Realising Our Broadband Future summit day 2

  Pictures from day 2 of the Realising Our Broadband Future summit at the UNSW in Sydney

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  Broadband future: Tassie to be the most connected place on the planet

  Tasmania Premier David Bartlett has reiterated the state's aim of becoming the "most connected place on the planet" at the Realising our Broadband Future summit in Sydney. He also panned the media for its focus on the cost equation in rolling out the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the island state.

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  Broadband future: Newspapers' future lies online

  The director of the California-based USC Annenberg School, Jeffrey Cole, has predicted the extinction of newspapers in the next few years, accelerated by high-speed broadband National Broadband Network (NBN).

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  Broadband future: Father of the Internet praises NBN

  Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google and widely regarded as the father of the Internet, has labeled the NBN rollout and telecommunications reform “stunning” and “impressive”.

• In Pictures: Realising Our Broadband Future summit

  Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, opened the Realising Our Broadband Future conference in Sydney and was joined by a host of notable speakers.

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  Broadband future: NBN should be wired, not wireless, says Quigley

  Fibre to the home will be the only way to deliver high end applications such as complete remote computing and full 3D virtual collaboration in Australia, according to NBN Co cheif, Mike Quigley.

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  PM opens Broadband Future forum, announces Digital Regions winners

  Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has opened the Realising Our Broadband Future conference in Sydney by announcing the first seven projects chosen as part of the government's Digital Regions Initiative.

• Govt uses Google Moderator to get NBN ideas

  The Federal Government wants you to tell it how we should use the National Broadband Network (NBN) as part of its Realising Our Broadband Future forum.

• Google Internet evangelist to talk at Government broadband forum

  The Federal Government is ramping up its National Broadband Network (NBN) push with the announcement of a Realising Our Broadband Future forum to be held in Sydney on December 10 and 11.