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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Saturday, 23 June 2007 | |
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She also promised "We will not be picking technology winners, but allowing the industry to put forward the best mix of technologies to meet the varying needs across Australia's vast land mass...It is a very brave person who would say that they knew all the technological answers for Australia over the next five years. " Well, where do I start. The Government has clearly picked what it believes will be a winner in WiMAX and after coming under sustained attack for the decision has gone the extraordinary length of publishing endorsements (from leading WiMAX players). Take note that nowhere in these defensive utterances do we get the minister claiming that the government evaluated a range of proposals offering different technologies and after careful and informed consideration chose WiMAX. And it seems that the decision to hand an extra $358 million to the Optus Elders consortium to help fund this rollout appears to have taken without a fully open process in which the objectives were clearly spelt out and the available funds indicated. The original guidelines for BCIF funding said: "Broadband Connect proposals may involve the deployment of broadband infrastructure that could also be used to offer mobile phone services (particularly 3G services). Where applicants can demonstrate that new mobile coverage is proposed beyond the extent of coverage being proposed with Broadband Connect funding, additional funding may be made available from the Mobile Connect program." |
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