[LINK] Telstra's NBN bid rejected

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Mon Dec 15 10:20:04 AEDT 2008


Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> Telstra's NBN bid rejected
> Allison Jackson
> December 15, 2008
> The Australian IT
> http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24800767-15306,00.html
> 
> The Federal Government has excluded Telstra from the bidding process to 
> build a national broadband network.
> 
> In a statement to the stock exchange, Telstra said it had been excluded 
> from the bidding process because its proposal submitted on November 26 
> did not include a plan on how to involve small and medium-sized 
> enterprises in the building of the network.
> 
> Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie said the reason for its exclusion was 
> ?trivial?.
...
..and this was despite   what looked like a video release from telstra, in the 
clarke &
dawe slot, on the 7.30 report last thursday. Transcript and video available here:
> Arnhem Land is currently part of a infrastructure project which is promising to bring high speed broadband to the remote region. Arnhem Land, in Australia?s north, is one of the country?s most isolated areas.
<http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2444249.htm>

Marghanita
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