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  Telstra cannot close CDMA til April: Minister

  update Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has ruled Telstra cannot close its CDMA network until at least 28 April, 2008.

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  Telstra Next G has 'enormous problems': Coonan

  Despite Telstra's pledges that Next G network provides equal or better coverage than CDMA, federal Communications Minister Helen Coonan still foresees a delay to the switch off.

• Telstra Next G audited as CDMA closure looms

  Telstra claims its controversial Next G network is now officially better than its soon-to-be-defunct CDMA equivalent, after the telco sent a team to audit network coverage. Now government testers are hot on their heels.

• Telstra switches on ADSL for 200 new communities

  Telstra will switch on over 200 remote ADSL exchanges after a funding stoush between the government and the telco was resolved.

• Telstra: G9 is 'expensive, dangerous, dysfunctional'

  Telstra has published a response to the G9 consortium's fibre-to-the-node proposal, calling it an expensive and dangerous proposal that "imposes a tortured, dysfunctional ownership and management structure"

• Next G will not affect deaf users: Telstra

  Telstra has denied that its decision to close down its CDMA network will affect the deaf and hard of hearing communities.

• Next G now more popular than CDMA: Telstra

  Telstra has revealed that for the first time, there are more subscribers to its third generation Next G network than its 2G CDMA counterparts, with over one million users adopting 3G technology.

• No high-speed broadband before election

  A decision on who will build a high-speed broadband network in capital cities and large regional centres will not be made before the federal election.

• Telstra 'can't close CDMA without govt permission'

  The spat between Telstra and Communications Minister Helen Coonan has cranked up a notch, with the government introducing a draft guideline to prevent the telco switching off its CDMA network until its Next G replacement is deemed equal or better in coverage.

• 'Beaten Telstra's court bid is sour grapes': Coonan

  Communications Minister Helen Coonan has hit back at Telstra, accusing the telco of sour grapes, after it announced it had filed suit against her over its failed bid for some AU$1 billion of WiMax funding.

• Telstra takes Coonan to court over WiMax funds

  Telstra has lodged a complaint against the Communications Minister Helen Coonan over the funding of the AU$1 billion WiMax network intended to bring broadband to bush users across Australia.

• Govt: Web porn blocking test will go ahead

  Govt: Web porn blocking test will go ahead

• Next G to reach Telstra users two months early

  Telstra has announced its Next G network rollout will be completed ahead of schedule, despite government fears that the deployment couldn't meet expectations.

• Australian broadband among world's worst: OECD

  The OECD has passed judgement on Australia's broadband in a study calling it among the slowest and most expensive in the world, however, Communications Minister Helen Coonan claims it was a "strong report card" for the nation's infrastructure.

• Telstra: Network will go dark in January

  Telstra: Network will go dark in January

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  Australian Connect... a political football?

  The government's Australia Connected program, it appears, is no longer an altruistic and long-overdue investment in Australia's infrastructure, but a political football whose primary purpose seems to be to send a massive "nyah-nyah" to the Labor party.

• Coonan talks tough on Telstra CDMA

  Coonan talks tough on Telstra CDMA

• Are you happy with your broadband connection?

  Be grateful for what you already have is the message we're getting from Federal Government Minister Helen Coonan in the wake of Telstra's decision to axe its Fibre To The Node project.

• Govt reassures bush on Telstra 3G coverage

  The federal communications minister has reassured rural Australia her department plans to work with Telstra and the communications regulator to ensure the bush won't be disadvantaged as the telco dumps its existing CDMA network in favour of a new national 3G mobile offering.

• Australians keen to buy online but slack on security

  Australians keen to buy online but slack on security

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