Telstra chief: Australia lagging in rollout of broadband.(AUSTRALIA)

Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo said that Australia is lagging on broadband while other countries are rapidly moving towards national rollout of broadband technology. He emphasized making broadband access a national goal. However, Mr. Trujillo remains skeptical of the proposed plan by the federal opposition for making broadband accessible to 98 percent of the population. Labour proposed a plan of investing $5.49 billion in public funds on a fiber-to-the-node broadband network. Mr. Trujillo clarified that the …