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ACCC clears Optus to scrap HFC network and use NBN instead
The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read moreNBN coming to Tasmania: first tender called
Stephen Withers
Thursday, 16 July 2009 11:00
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The first stage of the National Broadband Network (NBN) deployment is about to begin in earnest with the release of a tender for the supply of fibre optic cable.The network will provide 100Mbps broadband on a wholesale basis.
Right from the start, the Federal government has said the NBN rollout would begin in Tasmania.
"In partnership with the Tasmanian Government and Aurora Energy, we are working to deliver superfast broadband services to address the lack of parity in available services compared to mainland Australia," said Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
"Tasmania has a long standing disadvantage in accessing high speed broadband and is the logical test bed for this nation-building National Broadband Network project," he added.
An open tender for the supply of fibre optic cable was released by Aurora Energy today.
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