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Good afternoon,

The announcement was probably the worst-kept secret in the industry, but Nextgen today won the right to build $250m worth of fibre backhaul links as part of the NBN.

iTnews has all the news from the event and reactions from ISPs.

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | December 04, 2009

100 regional towns get high-speed ADSL in 18 months.

By Ry Crozier | December 04, 2009

Predicted capacity will be quickly soaked up.

By Ben Grubb , Munir Kotadia | December 04, 2009

What do you mean it isn't called CERTAus?

By Shaun Nichols | December 04, 2009

12 flaws to be fixed on Tuesday.

By Staff writers | December 04, 2009

$10.8 million investment in Victoria.

By Tarmo Virki, | December 04, 2009

Looks for more market share.

By Munir Kotadia | December 04, 2009

Something serious we think...

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