The panel of experts in charge of assigning a tender to build Australia's new high speed Broadband network have released the process guidelines for it's development. Prospective tenders will have 17 weeks in which to lodge proposals, however the expert taskforce would then require 3 months in...

Telstra's shakedown of the government's handling of the FTTN Network initiative has been taken another level. This time the telco giant is suggesting that the threat of 'terrorism' could loom if the fibre to the node broadband network tendering goes to the Optus led consortium who has...

Telstra's cheief executive Sol Trujillo recently indicated that Telstra could roll out a national fibre network regardless of any governement assistance as they did with their Next G wireless network. These comments have surfaced in light of Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie claims that Telstra could...

Forthright Telstra chief executive ‘Sol Trujillo’ last month threatened that Telstra would pull out of the tender process to build a new Australian FTTN high speed Broadband network. It now appears that Telstra have done an ‘about face’ with Chairman Don Macgauchie saying they have not withdrawn, but...