National Broadband Network - Statement of Expectations and Corporate Plan released

On 20 December 2010, the Government released a Statement of Expectations for NBN Co and its final response to the Implementation Study. The Statement covered key areas of network design and coverage, confirmation of funding arrangements and provision of calls to emergency services.

The release of the Statement coincides with the Government's release of the NBN Co Corporate Plan.

Network footprint - POIs

Following the joint ACCC/NBN Co consultation process, the Government has accepted the ACCC's advice that NBN Co establish approximately 120 points of interconnection (POIs) to the National Broadband Network (NBN); comprising 80 in metropolitan Australia and 40 in regional Australia (semi-distributed model). This will extend the NBN to meet, not overbuild, competitive backhaul routes. Scrutiny and pricing determination powers recently given to the ACCC with the passage of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Act 2010