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  • Budget: Few crumbs for ICT industry

    The Howard government's federal budget handed down yesterday contained little joy for Australia's ICT industry and the development of a world class communications sector.

  • ISP filtering to get Fed govt subsidy: Budget 08

    ISPs will be granted a one-off government subsidy towards the cost of installing filtering technology as part of the Rudd government's AU$125.8 million cybersafety plan.

  • Labor's first 100 days: What does it mean for tech?

    With its first 100 days behind it, Labor has given the IT industry a lot to think about: standing by election promises, centralising Federal government procurement, and instigating funding cuts.

  • ICT bodies give budget partial tick

    The federal budget has received a mixed reaction from Australia's peak ICT bodies.

  • Budget sacrificing Australia's knowledge future?

    Australia's ICT industry can claim only moderate success from the 2003/04 Federal Budget.

  • Aussie wireless broadband use doubles

    Australian wireless broadband subscriptions have almost doubled in the last six months to reach 809,000, according to a report released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

  • Libs: Victoria on electronic 'L' plates

    The Victorian Opposition has slammed the Bracks Government in response to its multimedia and IT&C budget announcements, saying it needs to lose its anti-IT attitude.

  • Liberals misfire in FTTN funding attack

    Opposition Communications spokesperson, Bruce Billson, has misfired in an attack on the Federal government over the use of the AU$2.4 billion Communications Fund to back the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network.

  • NZ broadband network scores NZ$350 million boost

    A NZ$350 million five-year funding boost to speed the roll out of faster broadband is among a package of infrastructure measures announced in today's New Zealand budget.

  • Broadband benefits get a reality check

    The federal government has not provided any evidence that its proposed AU$4.7 billion national broadband network would deliver claimed economic benefits, an analyst said this week.

  • Govt not paying for fibre-to-the-home: Conroy

    Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy said yesterday he was open to fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) proposals as part of the national broadband network rollout but warned that the government would not increase its AU$4.7 billion budget.

  • Broadband paves way to greener Australia

    Broadband can help Australians save money and cut their carbon footprint, according to new research.

  • US presidential election 2008: Hillary Clinton talks tech

    Iraq, immigration, taxes, and healthcare probably have been the four most pressing topics of the 2008 US presidential campaign. IT has made nary an appearance -- so what do the candidates think on the subject of technology?

  • Telstra stands up for shareholders

    Telstra has denied it is being inflexible by deciding against a fibre to the node network (FTTN) deployment until the right regulatory environment comes into play, a senior executive said.

  • Satellite burns a hole in the bush budget

    A former member of an International Standards Organisation committee has expressed concerns over the pricing of BigPond’s regional broadband Internet satellite service after testing the service for Telstra.

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