EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

The NBN debate is centred in Melbourne this week to coincide with the FTTH Council summit.

Senator Conroy's appearance late yesterday heralded a few new pieces of information, namely that the network build is expected to cost a lot less than the $43 billion tag it has become synonymous with.

In other news, expert panellists from the RFP process have hit out at the Opposition Senator Nick Minchin over comments that they are 'whistleblowers'. The campaign for those 'secret' RFP documents continues...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Staff writers | May 19, 2009

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has revealed the actual cost of the NBN is expected to be "significantly lower" than $43 billion, especially if industry players like Telstra trade their infrastructure for equity.

By Brett Winterford , Ben Grubb | May 19, 2009

Opposition Senator Nick Minchin has dubbed members of the NBN Expert Panel 'whistleblowers', quoting controversial comments the panelists have made in public forums.

By Sylvie Barak | May 20, 2009

Microsoft and HP inked a four year partnership at Interop 2009 in Las Vegas today around end-to-end unified enterprise communications.

By Staff writers | May 19, 2009

Dell is offering a purpose-built netbook running a choice of Windows or Ubuntu for Aussie school students.

By Staff Writers | May 20, 2009

Cisco chief John Chambers said that he would stay in his role for at least another three to five years, reassuring investors there would be no imminent change in leadership amid a global economic slowdown

By Shaun Nichols | May 20, 2009

The US supreme court has agreed to hear a case which could decide the fate of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley act.

By Phil Muncaster | May 20, 2009

Microsoft will launch additions to its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) programme today, designed to enable all software developers to integrate the SDL more tightly into the development process.

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