The Federal Government has announced it will establish a new company that will invest up to $43 billion over eight years to build and operate a National Broadband Network delivering superfast broadband to Australian homes and workplaces.
To turn its vision into action the Government has advised it will immediately:
- establish a company to build and operate the network and make an initial investment of $4.7 billion in the network
- commence an implementation study to determine the companys operating arrangements, detailed network design and ways to attract private sector investment
- fast-track negotiations with the Tasmanian Government, as suggested by the Panel of Experts, to build upon its National Broadband Network proposal to begin the rollout of a FTTP network and next generation wireless services in Tasmania as early as July
- implement measures to address regional backbone blackspots through the timely rollout of fibre optic transmission links connecting cities, major regional centres and rural towns - delivering improvements to telecommunication services in the short term
- progress legislative changes that will govern the national broadband network company and facilitate the rollout of FTTP networks, including requiring use of fibre optic technology in future greenfield developments, and
- commence a consultative process on necessary changes to the existing telecommunications regulatory regime.
National Broadband Network Policy Brochure
Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy address at the National Press Club, 28 April 2009
Senate Inquiry by Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network
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Received submissions as at 8 July 2009
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