Telstra could reach agreement with regulators over its participation in the National Broadband Network (NBN) before the end of the year, the telco says.

Peering into the crystal ball of the government’s technology future, Australia’s largely ageing population will be glued to analogue TV sets and use the $38 billion high-speed broadband network to access welfare services.

NBN Co has revealed a list of 12 ISPs participating in the National Broadband Network (NBN) mainland trials.

Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conory, announced Hobart, Tasmania, will host the Korea-Australia-New Zealand (KANZ) Broadband Summit this year.

The Coalition has welcomed an open letter from several senior telco executives criticising the cost and delivery methods of the Labor Government’s National Broadband Network.

NBN Co CEO, Mike Quigley, has claimed three Tasmanian board members that lost their positions were not dropped due to bad performances.

The Federal Election is right around the corner and the polls on who will win have never been tighter. But while some say there is little to separate the policies of Labor and the Coalition, they both have wildly different views on technology.

Senior NBN Co executive, Kevin Brown, has used an internal company-wide email to reject the Coalition’s slur that it will be unable to find high-quality staff and is a “stodgy government bureaucracy”.