Australia - National Broadband Network - Fixed Wireless and Satellite Networks

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The NBN will connect approximately 7% of all premises in the country to a fixed-wireless network. This consists of an LTE-based component that will cover 5%, with a satellite-based network dealing with the remaining 2%.

For this purpose NBN Co purchased 2.3GHz spectrum from Austar and signed a $1 billion build-and-operate contract with Ericsson. Under that contract Visionstream commenced construction in late 2011.

The first five release sites have also been announced and the network should be finalised by 2014.

This report provides the background information to these network developments and follows the developments as they happen throughout the building phase.

Companies covered in this report include:

NBN Co; Austar; Ericsson; Visionstream; Optus

Table of Contents

• 1.  TOC \h \z \t "Caption" \c No table of figures entries found.Synopsis
• 2. Introduction
• 3. NBN Co’s Fixed Wireless Network
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 NBN Co buys spectrum from Austar
  • 3.3 Construction plan
  • 3.4 Visionstream to construct the network
  • 3.5 NBN facilitates wireless competition
  • 3.6 Fixed wireless rollouts
    • 3.6.1 Ballarat, Carwin, Geraldton, Tamworth and Toowoomba
    • 3.6.2 NSW North Coast
    • 3.6.3 Activ8me connects NBN’s first wireless broadband customer
  • 3.7 Other developments
    • 3.7.1 New broadband wireless technology
• 4. The NBN Satellite Network
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Ka-band satelittes
  • 4.3 Satellite speeds
  • 4.4 Interim regional and remote satellite services
  • 4.5 Ground station gateways
• 5. Analyses
  • 5.1 Why wireless broadband is no alternative to FttH
• 6. Related reports