Australia - Wholesale Industry Group

Synopsis

This report has been archived and has not been updated. The Wholesale Industry Group was formed in April 2006, after the Minister’s announcement to fund a regional wholesale infrastructure network. The group represents the wholesale infrastructure industry in Australia. Members are those who do have their own infrastructure, others such as vendors and regional organisations are welcome as affiliate members. The Group has accepted a Charter under which it will operate, the key element of this is that they all subscribe to an open network, this is formulated in a set op wholesale access principles. The report describes the various issues and projects that WIG covers and the future options for industry cooperation. It also describes some of the early consortia that were formed.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Regional Infrastructure Project
  
• 3. Metropolitan Infrastructure Projects
  
• 4. Wholesale Industry Group
  
  • 4.1 Triggered by regional wholesale network
    
  • 4.2 Industry forum
    
  • 4.3 Conclusions
    
• 5. Key WIG Projects
  
  • 5.1 Blueprint
    
  • 5.2 Infrastructure Mapping
    
  • 5.3 Wholesale Access Principles
    
• 6. Other wholesale issues addressed by WIG
  
  • 6.1 Local neutral access points
    
  • 6.2 Strategic infrastructure funding
    
  • 6.3 Planning: network capacity
    
  • 6.4 Planning: technologies
    
  • 6.5 Network neutrality
    
  • 6.6 State and Local government cooperation
    
    • 6.6.1 Regional projects
      
  • 6.7 Lessons learned from the past
    
• 7. Government direction is essential - Backgrounder
  
  • 7.1 Broadband summit
    
  • 7.2 UtiliTel
    
  • 7.3 Broadbanding local communities
    
  • 7.4 Telstra
    
• 8. WIG’s original starting points
  
  • 8.1 The big picture
    
  • 8.2 Real infrastructure competition needs to be encouraged
    
  • 8.3 Strategic use of $ investments as well as in-kind contributions
    
• 9. Consortia who did bid for Broasband Connect
  
  • 9.1 The Wholesale Alliance
    
    • 9.1.1 $900m network plan
      
    • 9.1.2 Analysis
      
  • 9.2 UtiliTel-led group
    
  • 9.3 AUSalliance
    
  • 9.4 OPEL - Optus/Elders hookup
    
  • 9.5 Branded Wholesale Alliance
    
• 10. Related reports
  

• Table 1 - Residential Broadband (BB) – growth predictions – next ten years
• Table 2 – Infrastructure blueprint

• Exhibit 1 – WIG’s Wholesale Access Principles.