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Ren Zhengfei, CEO and founder of Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, said the company is committed to bringing value and contributing to New Zealand’s digital economy. “New Zealand is one of Huawei’s most important strategic markets and is very valuable to us,” said Mr. Ren. “Huawei has been selected to [...]

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, Member for Greenway, Michelle Rowland, and Member for Chifley, Ed Husic, officially switched on the first National Broadband Network (NBN) fibre services in Blacktown, New South Wales. To showcase the benefits of the NBN, local school students took part in a virtual book [...]

The Australian Government has announced plans to connect another 1.3 million homes and businesses to the NBN, bringing the total number of premises where NBN construction will commence or be complete by 30 June 2016 to more than 4.8 million. Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy,  released the updated NBN 3 [...]

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and Member for Robertson, Deborah O’Neill, have officially switched on the first National Broadband Network (NBN) fibre services in Gosford, New South Wales. “Gosford is the latest community in Australia to switch-on NBN fibre services,” Senator Conroy said. “The NBN will bring exciting [...]

A program to roll out new mobile and fixed broadband services to remote Northern Territory communities has been jointly announced in Darwin by Telstra and the Northern Territory Government.Eight new mobile facilities and six ADSL2+ fixed broadband sites are planned to be rolled out in the coming months with Telstra and the NT Government co-funding [...]

The Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) has announced the extension of the voluntary registration scheme for buildings with optical fibre access networks to cover also non-residential buildings in Hong Kong. “Hong Kong has one of the most advanced communications network infrastructure in the world. According to the findings of a study published by the [...]

iPrimus, part of M2 Telecommunications Group Ltd (ASX: MTU), announced that it has connected its first NBN Fixed Wireless broadband customer in Lambells Lagoon Northern Territory. iPrimus launched their Fixed Wireless product offering in December last year delivering several plan options starting at the entry level of 40GB per month through to a Terrabyte plan [...]

Getting back to doing an honest day’s work after the twin debacles of media law and the Labor leadership, the Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has “hauled” National Broadband Network fibre in South Perth, where the NBN rollout is reaching the final stages of construction.“Construction of National Broadband [...]

As part of the Labor Party’s push to woo voters in Sydney’s western suburbs, the Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and the Federal Member for Lindsay, David Bradbury, have “hauled” National Broadband Network fibre in Penrith, where the NBN rollout is ramping up. “NBN fibre construction has now [...]

The Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has announced that NBN Co has signed a contract for the launch of two next-generation satellites to deliver high-speed broadband to Australians living in rural and remote areas.“The contract is the final step needed to ensure that the NBN’s long-term satellite service [...]