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04.07.09Australian Federal Government Announces the Result of its National Broaband Network nbn Tender...and the winner is? No-One! oh, hold on ...the Government! The Government awarded the contract for its National Broadband Network build to itself having 'formally teminated' the NBN tender. The proposals submitted by Acacia, Axia Netmedia, Optus, Tasmania, Telstra and TransACT were 'under-developed' - especially Telstra's effort. The Australian Federal Government will establish a public private partnership to roll out 'the largest investment in infrastructure' in Australia's history. In five years time the Government will sell down the company as a wholesale and open access network operator. The Government also announced a discussion paper to seek public comment on ways to improve telecommunications regulation to make it work more effectively in ...
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04.05.09Social Media Monitoring is Extreme Says Coalition Communications MinisterGovernment plans to monitor social media in Australia are a 'waste of tax payers' money, according to the Nick Minchin, the Opposition communications spokesperson. Huh? What's the point of social media if no-ones listening? Blogs, forums and other forms of social media provide Government with access to a large amount of public feedback and sentiment. Of course they should be monitored. They provide a litmus test of public opinion. The Government needs to invest in the 'comprehensive digital monitoring service(s) for print and electronic media' in order to do this. One would like to think that advisors and Ministers are listening to online conversation as this enables ...
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12.15.08Telstra excluded from national broadband network buildSenator Conroy has excluded Telstra from the NBN tender following the telcos non-compliant submission to the Federal government. Telstra didn't include a proposal for the provision of services to SMEs until December 5 (more than a week after the deadline), which has been given as the reason for the exclusion. Telstra's chairman, Donald McGauchie has labelled the reasons for the exclusion as 'trivial'. Telstra's initial proposal was an attempt to disrupt the process. I doubt they expect such a ballsy response from the Government. Its possible that Telstra will somehow be invited back to the negotiating table. Some have argued that it's in the ...
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11.26.08Telstra submits a bid to build a National Broadband Network, or does it?In a statement released today, Telstra announced that it has 'provided the Federal Government with a (counter) proposal to build a world class open access National Broadband Network'. It has not submitted a bid for the contract 'due to a number of unresolved issues in the Government's Requests for Proposals': The lack of clarity around possible further separation The 12-month negotiation period under the RFP Concerns about the use of Telstra's detailed information The proposed commercial terms issued by the Commonwealth Today's deadline was for companies to submit bids. Most people agree that Telstra is the only viable option for the Australian Government. The Telstra 'counter proposal' means that the ...
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