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Blog, Telecommunications - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 14:53 - 12 Comments
Greenfields lobbyist sees nine-figure windfall in Coalition NBN
blog The Coalition’s NBN policy launch may have been variously greeted with both strong derision and cautious support in varying measures, but with Labor’s poll numbers in the basement the telco industry is starting to use the policy to start planning for a post-Labor NBN. And, according to a report in The Australian (read the whole story here), at least one private-sector operator believes the Coalition policy – which includes a 50% subsidy for private operators prepared to roll out open, NBN-compliant fibre – will be a big money-spinner:
GreenFields Operators Australia group spokesman Michael Sparksman said….it represented a great opportunity for greenfield operators. [He] said up to 300,0000 of the 1.5 million homes built in the past 10 years might be suitable candidates for fibre replacement because of lack of service or poor copper service. That means, at a cost of about $1500 a connection in brownfield areas, the Coalition could be facing up to $225 million in co-funding costs.









