Australia - National Broadband Network - NBN Co

.Synopsis

On 9 August 2009 NBN Co was launched as a government business enterprise (GBE), wholly owned by the Commonwealth of Australia. It is overseen by ‘shareholder ministers’ – the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Minister of Finance and Deregulation.

The purpose of the company is to build a nationwide, wholesale-only, high-speed, open broadband network. Since its inception it has been selecting technology and designing the network and systems, as well as developing a wholesale product offering.

The company will connect 93% of homes, schools and workplaces to an optical fibre network (fibre-to-the-premises – FttP), providing high-speed broadband services to Australians in urban and regional towns. The remaining 7% of premises will be connected to an LTE-based fixed wireless network, and this includes the very remote ones who will be linked to a satellite network.

This report also provides financial and operational information regarding NBN Co's corporate plan, including forecasts covering the three years from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2013. The plan outlines competitive pricing for wholesale broadband, including a basic service offering with a uniform national wholesale access price.

Table of Contents

• 1. .Synopsis
• 2. National Broadband Network Corporation (NBN Co)
  • 2.1 An infrastructure company
  • 2.2 The role of NBN Co
  • 2.3 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • 2.4 Governance and management of NBN Co
• 3. NBN co business plan
  • 3.1 Key highlights
  • 3.2 Rollout plan
  • 3.3 Introduction and costings
  • 3.4 Pricing and market assumptions
  • 3.5 Product offerings
• 4. analysis
  • 4.1 Can NBN Co do the job?
  • 4.2 NBN Co’s position needs to be clarified
  • 4.3 NBN Co’s trans-sector role questioned
• 5. Related reports

• Table 1 – Deployment schedule
• Table 2 – NBN pricing schedule for access virtual circuit

• Exhibit 1 – Action plan, 2011 - 2012