Australia intends to invest 30 billion U.S. dollars to form a national broadband network

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (Kevin Rudd), today announced that the Australian government will invest 43 billion dollars (30.7 billion U.S. dollars) to the formation of a national high-speed fiber-optic broadband network. Kevin Rudd said Australia’s national broadband network set up in line with the country’s long-term development objectives and benefits, “we are announcing today the formation of a national broadband network’s decision to meet the needs of long-term development of Australia.”

Kevin Rudd said, in order to successfully achieve this goal, the Australian government will be dedicated to the formation of a joint venture, and allows the participation of other private companies. He also said the broadband network construction and operation 5 years later, from Australia under the auspices of the corresponding Foreign joint venture company will sell its major stake in

Earlier research has pointed out that compared with other developed countries, Australia’s Internet service has been lagging behind, mainly reflected in a slower speed and higher fees. It is reported that Australia plans to implement the broadband network will become the history of the state-owned The largest scale since the basis of the proposed project.

Kevin Rudd also said that the formation of Australia’s national broadband network, also in favor of more public employment arrangements. Operation of the network will be able to cover 90% of Australian home, the maximum access speed of up to 100M / second.

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