New world ... Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has told the CeBIT expo the national broadband network will offer possibilities that are hard to imagine. Picture: Charlie Brewer THE national broadband network will revolutionise education and healthcare and help lower carbon emissions, says Communication...

THE Federal Government has announced the “largest infrastructure decision in Australia’s history” after deciding not to award the national broadband network contract to a company. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the Government would lead the development of a national fibre-to-the-home...

Australians pay for 'half-speed' broadband - Epitiro internet report MILLIONS of Australians are paying up to $100 a month for high-speed broadband but getting just half of what they pay for. Ground-breaking research has found the average speed delivered by companies such as Telstra, Optus and AAPT...

Expert advocates new regulator for NBN One of Australia’s pre-eminent telecommunications experts today recommended the Federal Government consider forming a new regulator charged exclusively with arbitrating access issues for the proposed National Broadband Network. ATUG Director Dr Robert Green...

Swifter internet ... Telstra's Sol Trujillo says the network will begin rolling out the world's fastest wireless broad network. TELSTRA Corporation will roll out what is says is the world’s fastest wireless broadband network, over the next two months. Chief executive Sol Trujillo announced...