DCA calls for feedback on Regional Connectivity Programme

Australia’s Department of Communications and the Arts (DCA) has released a discussion paper which it says is designed to ‘help inform the design of the Regional Connectivity Programme, aimed at improving digital connectivity in regional Australia’. In a press release the government body said it was encouraging submissions from people in the telecommunications industry, all levels of government and other…

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NBN Company surpasses rollout target for FY 2019

NBN Co, the company overseeing the construction and operation of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), has announced that it has exceeded its rollout and activation targets for the financial year ended 30 June 2019. In a press release regarding the development, the company noted that in the three months to 27 June 2019 its network rollout had ‘continued to gain…

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