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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.

• Australian government misses $1 billion in Digital Dividend auction

  The government failed to sell one-third of the 700MHz spectrum—worth $1 billion—that was up for sale in the Digital Dividend auction. Total revenue for the auction made from 700MHz and 2.5GHz spectrum was $1.96 billion, below the government's expectations.

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  NBN switches on Blacktown; launch suffers a tech fault

  Blacktown is Sydney's first brownfield suburb to be switched on to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• IIA says proposed media reforms could lead to "over regulation"

  The Internet Industry Association (IIA) said proposed media law changes amount to too much regulation.

• Conroy urges big data in government, better ICT education

  The federal government should use big data “to improve its delivery of services to the public, the community and businesses,” communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy said this morning at the Navigating Big Data summit in Canberra.

• New national online gambling protections to be introduced

  The Federal Government has announced plans to implement new online gambling protection measures following a final report into the Interactive Gambling Act (IGA).

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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.

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  User-pays NBN a 'cop out', analyst says

  Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde has called a user pays system for the National Broadband Network (NBN) a "cop out".

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  NBN Co downgrades construction targets

  NBN Co has downgraded its June 2013 target for the number of premises passed due to construction delays from Syntheo.

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  Turnbull calls Conroy out on "bullying" behaviour

  Malcolm Turnbull has accused Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, of bullying the telecommunications industry, during an interview with ABC Radio on Friday morning.

• Australian gov must support mobile with more spectrum: AMTA

  The government should release more wireless spectrum to support the mobile industry in Australia, according to a Deloitte report commissioned by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA).

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  NBN fixed wireless and satellite speeds to double

  Communications minister Stephen Conroy has announced that NBN Co will double the speeds offered by the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) fixed wireless and satellite services. Conroy said the speed of NBN fixed wireless services will be doubled by the middle of 2013.

• Applications open for Digital Dividend

  Applications have opened for the Digital Dividend, with the auction to be held 16 April, 2013.

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  Optus trying to 'bargain' in the Digital Dividend, analyst says

  Optus is using all its bargaining chips to try and get the lowest possible price for the 700MHz spectrum on the Digital Dividend, according to an analyst.

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  Conroy sets Digital Dividend auction price, ups spectrum limits

  The government appears to have avoided a possibly low-revenue Digital Dividend auction with new rules issued today by the communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.