NBN Implementation Study Summary

Implementation Study gives NBN the thumbs up

Don't have time read the 500 page plus Implementation Study on the NBN (or even the 50 page executive summary)? In this article Maddocks Telecommunications experts Brendan Coady and Sonia Sharma do the hard yards by dissecting the monster study and setting out what really matters.

SHORT AND SWEET

What: Release of the much anticipated National Broadband Network (NBN) Implementation study (Implementation Study) by consultants McKinsey and KPMG finds that the NBN is viable and could be built for less than the $43 billion originally put forward by the Rudd Government. The Implementation Study also recommends that while the Government should seek to strike a deal with Telstra, the Government could also "fly solo" on the project.