The NSW Farmers’ Association is calling for a full review of the application of broadband technology in regional NSW, following the Federal Government’s axing of the OPEL project.

WHILE the Federal Opposition is crying foul at the Government’s decision to cancel the $958 million OPEL contract to provide broadband to rural and regional Australia, the decision has been welcomed by New England independent Tony Windsor.

CHIPMAKER Intel has shielded itself from the debate over the federal Government’s decision to can OPEL’s $958 million rural WiMAX plan.

A coalition MP has broken ranks to endorse the federal government’s decision to scrap the OPEL regional broadband project and its plans for a fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network, while the Farmers Association has questioned the government’s intentions.

Optus believes that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s decision to scrap plans for an AU$1 billion WiMax network, set to be built by Optus-Elders (OPEL), was ‘flawed’ and the telco has left the door open for legal action.

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The Australian Government has cancelled its Broadband Connect Infrastructure contract with the Optus/Elders joint venture company OPEL…

Optus has struck back at the Federal Government with a strongly worded public statement which suggests that…

Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has pulled the plug on the OPEL consortium’s billion dollar regional broadband network after the Government found the group had failed to meet the original terms of its contract. more.

The Federal Government’s decision to scrap OPEL’s $1 billion regional broadband network was based on flawed data according to Optus chief executive Paul O’Sullivan. more.