Action description:
The government will invest $2.4 billion in upgrading an additional 1.5 million premises from Fibre to the Node (FTTN) to full fibre so that 90 per cent of fixed-line premises can receive services up to 1 gigabit per second. At least 660,000 of the premises upgraded will be in regional areas. The government has also provided a $480 million grant to NBN Co to upgrade NBN Fixed Wireless and Satellite services.
Outcome:
Outcome 17
Status:
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?:
No
Indicators:
Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing the internet
Responsible Ministers:
Minister for Communications
Resourcing:
$2.4 billion over 4 years from 2022-23 for fixed-line upgrades. $480 million already provided in 2021-22 for fixed wireless upgrades.
Delivery timeframe:
Fixed-line upgrades to be complete by 2025. Fixed wireless upgrade due to be complete by the end of calendar year 2024.
Agency:
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts