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- 'Telework Forum: Bringing home the benefits of teleworking using the NBN' outcomes report
- The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) held a Telework Forum in Sydney on 3 August 2011 to highlight the benefits of increased working from home arrangements. The consensus among the 275 participants from industry, government and academia was that the NBN would give effect to the idea that 'work is what you do, not where you do it'.
Added: 10 November 2011
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- Broadband Articles - Australia - Archive
- Archived articles and resources about trends and issues relating to broadband access in Australia.
Added: 7 December 2005
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- Broadband Reports - Australia - Archive
- Archived reports about trends and issues relating to broadband in Australia.
Added: 6 December 2005
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- National Digital Economy Strategy
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. "The National Digital Economy Strategy (NDES) sets out a vision for Australia to realise the benefits of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and position Australia as a leading digital economy by 2020. To achieve this vision, the Strategy outlines eight Digital Economy Goals, the Way Forward, Government Initiatives and Industry Initiatives. Senator Stephen Conroy launched the Strategy at CeBIT in Sydney on 31 May 2011..."
Added: 31 May 2011;
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- The National Broadband Network
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. "The NBN is an Australian Government initiative and represents the largest ever infrastructure project undertaken in this country. The NBN is an Australian Government initiative which will deliver high speed broadband to all Australians. The NBN is a new, wholesale only, open access high speed broadband network. The NBN will involve the laying of fibre optic cabling to at least 90 per cent of Australian homes, schools and businesses, capable of delivering speeds of 100 megabits per second, or up to 100 times faster than many people experience today. The remaining premises will be connected via a combination of next generation high speed wireless and satellite technologies delivering broadband speeds of 12 megabits per second or more..."
Added: 14 October 2010;
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- National Broadband Network Implementation Study
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 2010. "On 6 May 2010 the Australian Government released the National Broadband Network Implementation Study. The Implementation Study examines the Governmet's coverage, commerciality and competition objectives as well as the detailed operating arrangements of NBN Co Limited, its ownership and structure, ways to attract private sector investment and longer term privatisation. The Government is currently considering the Implementation Study and its recommendations. Interested parties are invited to provide comments or submissions on the Implementation Study and its recommendations. Please provide comments via the NBN Implementation Study wiki, via email to NBNImplementationStudy@dbcde.gov.au or by post to NBN Implementation Study, GPO Box 2154, Canberra ACT, 2601. It may not be possible to consider comments received after 27 May 2010..."
Added: 6 May 2010;
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- Telehealth and the NBN myth
- By David Glance. IT News, May 9, 2013. "Opinion: New funding for old innovation. Of all of the many promises the NBN is supposed to fulfill, its role in the delivery of electronic health is probably the most contentious. Society has a very real problem of escalating health costs for services struggling to meet the increasing burden of ageing, chronic disease and obesity. Alongside this is the promise of improved efficiencies brought about by computerisation and faster broadband networks..."
Added: 9 May 2013;
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- NBN telehealth projects injected with $20.3m in funding
- The projects will demonstrate new healthcare models for the elderly, by Stephanie McDonald. Computerworld, 8 May, 2013. "The Federal Government has allocated $20.3 million to nine telehealth projects that utilise the National Broadband Network (NBN) to trial new healthcare delivery methods. The telehealth projects include a CSIRO project, which has received $2.748 million in funding, for early intervention services that allows specialists in metro hospitals to identify eye disease via video conferencing in remote Western Australian and the Torres Strait communities..."
Added: 9 May 2013;
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- Telehealth vendors not fazed by NBN debate
- Faster broadband could reduce ballooning health IT costs, says Frost & Sullivan, by Adam Bender. Computerworld, 29 April, 2013. "The NBN will be a boon to Australian healthcare regardless of which political party has its way on the final technology approach for delivery, officials from health IT vendors said at a lunch in Sydney. The officials indicated that either the Labor party’s fibre-to-the-premises or the Coalition’s fibre-to-the-node plan could offer the minimum speeds and reliability levels required by telehealth and other bandwidth-intensive health IT activities..."
Added: 2 May 2013;
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- NBN will take years longer to complete: Economic forecaster
- Recent data from BIS Shrapnel revealed despite a 12-year boom in engineering construction activity being finished, construction in telco is expected to experience strong growth over the next four years, by Stephanie McDonald. Computerworld, 2 May, 2013. "Economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel said it expects the National Broadband Network (NBN) will take 'several years' longer to build than forecast by NBN Co. Hart, senior manager at BIS Shrapnel, told Computerworld Australia that NBN Co is struggling to meet existing targets and the project will “take a long time” due to the nature of engineering construction..."
Added: 2 May 2013;
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- NBN construction nears completion in South Perth
- An NBN Digital Hub and Digital Enterprise in Melville has also been launched, by Stephanie McDonald. Computerworld, 27 March, 2013. "The National Broadband Network (NBN) is reaching the final stages of construction in South Perth. Construction of the network has begun on about 17,000 premises in the area, with construction on the NBN commenced on around 112,800 premises in Western Australia..."
Added: 27 March 2013;
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- Small businesses don't see benefit in NBN: report
- Almost two-thirds of small companies in NSW and Queensland rate the government's NBN performance as "very poor", by Stephanie McDonald, Computerworld, 27 February, 2013. "Forty per cent of small business owners believe the National Broadband Network (NBN) will not help their business, according to a Roy Morgan report. The State of the Nation Report (No. 14) revealed just 30 per cent of owners expect a benefit from the high-speed broadband network, with remaining businesses unsure about what benefits the NBN will bring..."
Added: 28 February 2013;
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- Cost recovery on track: NBN Co
- by John McDuling. Australian Financial Review, 20 February 2013. "NBN Co had declared it is on track to recover its costs and generate a financial return... The government-owned company’s head of regulatory affairs and industry analysis Caroline Lovell said in a letter to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Tuesday that NBN Co’s base case scenario is that all of its costs, as measured by an initial cost recovery account (ICRA), would not be recovered by 2039-40..."
Added: 21 February 2013;
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- Telstra cites post-WWII rent control to fight ADSL price cut
- By Ry Crozier. IT News, November 19, 2012. "Refutes arguments against congestion pricing. Telstra has stepped up its fight to maintain wholesale ADSL rates at current levels, citing post-World War II rent controls in New York as an example of the "dire consequences" invited by "incorrect pricing" decisions. The carrier is locked in battle with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over proposed changes to regulated wholesale ADSL charges, that could see prices fall. Telstra is seeking to maintain current wholesale price levels, and has used its latest submission to the competition watchdog to warn the latter off making an "inappropriate pricing decision"..."
Added: 22 November 2012;
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- Broadband for seniors website
- "Broadband for Seniors is funded by the Australian Government to provide senior Australians, aged 50 years and over, with access to free computers, Internet and basic training to help build their confidence in using new technology... Broadband for Seniors aims to - Provide senior Australians with access to computers and the Internet via free Internet kiosks; - Support seniors to gain confidence and build skills in using new technology; - Address the issue of senior Australians feeling isolated and 'left behind' in a technological age; and - Build community participation and social inclusion among senior Australians. The Australian Government has committed $25.4 million to Broadband for Seniors over seven year to 2015. Broadband for Seniors is a digital productivity initiative within the Australian Government's National Digital Economy Strategy..."
Added: 15 November 2012;
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- Creating jobs through NBN-enabled telework - in pdf format (2116kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Deloitte Access Economics and Colmar Brunton. Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 2012. "This report investigates the degree to which participation in the labour force may increase with the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and the increased telework opportunities it will provide. This study involved qualitative and quantitative research, leading to economic modelling to estimate the impacts of NBN-enabled telework on labour force participation, employment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Australian economy..."
Added: 15 November 2012;
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- ACCC commences first public consultation on NBN Co Special Access Undertaking
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Release # NR 238/12, Issued: 12th November 2012. "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today released the first consultation paper on the Special Access Undertaking (SAU) lodged by NBN Co on 28 September 2012. If accepted by the ACCC, the SAU will be a key part of the framework that governs the price and other terms upon which NBN Co will supply services over its fibre, wireless and satellite networks to telecommunications companies. It will also build upon the role for the ACCC in resolving disputes between NBN Co and its customers. 'The proposed SAU appears to set out a workable overall regulatory framework for the supply of NBN Co's services for the next 30 years. Yet there are many complex issues of detail and drafting to be assessed and debated before the ACCC can determine whether it is reasonable and promotes the long term interests of end-users,' ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said. 'The consultation paper seeks the views of consumers and industry and is the first step in what will be a thorough assessment by the ACCC of the undertaking.' ..."
Added: 15 November 2012;
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- ACCC finalises list of NBN points of interconnect
- Only three submissions were made to the ACCC after it announced it was seeking comment on the form of the Section 151DB list of POI, by Stephanie McDonald. Computerworld, 5 November, 2012. "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has finalised the location of the 121 points of interconnect (POI) for the National Broadband Network (NBN). The location of the POIs have remained unchanged from the proposed list of locations the ACCC announced in August this year..."
Added: 8 November 2012;
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