More remote schools, health clinics and local government facilities will be able to access the National Broadband Network (NBN) through an established interim satellite service, the government says.

NBN Co boss, Mike Quigley, says momentum on the National Broadband Network is building despite the delays and setbacks in delivering on the government's $36 billion project.

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is vital for the Australian logistics industry as it will cut delays in business to business data exchange and speed up freight delivery times, according to DB Schenker Australia and New Zealand chief executive, Ron Koehler.

Unless you’ve been boycotting all forms of media in the past five years, you’ll be aware that the National Broadband Network (NBN) is well and truly on its way.

Malcolm Turnbull has said nearly 110,000 households in greenfield estates are on the NBN Co waiting list to receive fibre connections.

The Tasmania NBN Co Limited (TNBN Co) has been established to rollout and operate the National Broadband Network in Tasmania.

Telstra’s stake in the Foxtel pay television network has been a major inhibitor to the growth of broadband in Australia according to John Porter, CEO at pay television provider Austar.

The Federal Governemnt is expected to announced the full management team of the National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo) shortly, according to Communications minister Stephen Conroy.

The National Broadband Network (NBN) could prove to be a best friend to cyber criminals, according to the head of the Australia's National Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT).

The Federal Government is to spend up to $250 million on new backbone transmission links to a number of regional centres including Broken Hill, Darwin and Geraldton, as part of its Regional Backbone Blackspots Program.