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VIRTUALISATION ALP's Tasmanian fund raising dinner raises eyebrows
VIRTUALISATION ALP's Tasmanian fund raising dinner raises eyebrows | ALP's Tasmanian fund raising dinner raises eyebrows |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Monday, 13 July 2009 | |
  
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The Federal Government has made much of its plans to kick off the NBN in Tasmania. The day after the main announcement, April 7, Conroy and prime minster Kevin Rudd flew down to Tasmania to join Bartlett in announcing the government's NBN plans for Tasmania. They promised that the NBN would begin rolling out in Tasmania as early as July 2009, saying that the Tasmanian Government, in conjunction with Aurora Energy, would construct a fibre to the premises (FTTP) network which would deliver speeds of 100Mbps, connecting over 200,000 Tasmanian households and businesses and would extend to all hospitals and almost 90 percent of schools. However as it is now mid July that promise is starting to look decidedly empty. It certainly could only be realised without putting contracts out to tender. The Mercury also claimed that NEC had scored an early win with the Government saying: "Last month NEC announced it had been made an exclusive partner of the Tasmanian Government to establish a server network and databank for web-based applications once the NBN is deployed." It claimed that the deal had come about following a MoU between NEC and the Government to pursue opportunities arising from the NBN which it said "had been signed in May but never announced publicly by the State Government." NEC however denies both claims. A spokesman told iTWire: "It's no secret that NEC has been engaged in discussions with the Tasmanian Government around its NBN ambitions, which we will continue to do. However, they are just discussions at this stage and there are certainly no agreements in place to establish a databank or server network, as has been reported." He added: "We're keen to bid for involvement in Tasmania's NBN build-out as and when the tender process begins and hope that our global expertise and Australian R&D in FTTH broadband access technology will stand us in good stead."
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