EDITOR'S NOTE

Good Afternoon,

It has been a lively afternoon in Senate Estimates today, with Senator Conroy finally putting a figure on just how many dollars the taxpayer will be pumping into the National Broadband Network.

The Minister also referred extensively to a story published on iTnews during his long-running argument with Senator Nick Minchin over the NBN Panel of Experts report.

-- Brett Winterford

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | May 26, 2009

Communications minister Stephen Conroy has told Senate Estimates hearings that the Government will sink around $11 billion into the National Broadband Network, which is anticipated to cost up to $43 billion in total.

By Brett Winterford | May 26, 2009

The Competition Commission has rejected a claim by Telstra that it should not have to provide Optus access to its copper network in areas where Optus has built out its own cable network.

By Brett Winterford | May 26, 2009

Centrelink customers will be able to authenticate access to welfare services via the unique properties of their voice after a biometric voice system officially went into production today.

By Staff writers | May 26, 2009

Exetel chief John Linton has questioned the cost benefits that early adopters of Pipe International's Sydney-Guam cable might achieve by using the cable over that of competitors like Southern Cross and the Australia-Japan Cable.

By Staff writers | May 26, 2009

Internode has started a $4 million upgrade to its customer care systems that the ISP says will reduce queues in busy periods and provide more self-service options for customers.

By Nick Farrell | May 26, 2009

A Russian start-up has started churning out cloned Macs in defiance of legal threats from Apple.

By Staff Writers | May 26, 2009

Satyam Computer Services has won some new deals in recent weeks, the chairman of its new owner Tech Mahindra said, amid fears the worst may not be over for the fraud-hit outsourcer.

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