EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

Two big NBN-related stories lead the bulletin this morning.

First, given the importance that seems to get attached to Australia improving its OECD ranking in terms of broadband access, we analyse the latest OECD advice on building next generation networks to see how the NBN plan stacks up so far.

Then iTnews delve into a rather fascinating submission to the Backhaul Blackspots scheme from Telstra...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | May 27, 2009

iTnews weighs up the Rudd Government's NBN plan against the OECD's latest advice on how governments should invest in the construction of national broadband networks.

By Ry Crozier | May 27, 2009

Telstra has proposed a radical way to introduce price competition on monopoly backhaul transmission routes by having the Government buy 'spare' capacity from them and resell it, effectively subsidising the incumbent's access fees.

By Garfield Smith | May 27, 2009

A robust contract that takes a methodical approach to minimising potential risks is the bedrock for all successful offshoring relationships, write Garfield Smith and Suzanna Grundy.

By Daniel Robinson | May 27, 2009

Intel has released a suite of tools designed to help developers optimise Windows applications for better performance on multi-core processor chips.

By Phil Muncaster | May 27, 2009

Spam levels rose by five per cent last month to reach over 90 per cent of all email, according to the latest figures from cloud-based security vendor MessageLabs.

By Phil Muncaster | May 27, 2009

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has called for greater efforts from academics, regulators, governments and the mobile industry to empower the mobile platform as a tool to bridge the digital divide.

By Rosalie Marshall | May 27, 2009

Forty per cent of companies are focused on generating effective customer relationship management (CRM) strategies in order to increase their competitiveness when the economy recovers, according to Gartner.

By Staff writers | May 26, 2009

Opposition communications minister Nick Minchin has praised Senator Conroy for his "generous" remarks about ex-Telstra chief Sol Trujillo, saying they "set a far higher standard" than those by the Prime Minister.

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