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Victoria Council Rejected Wireless and Satellite Broadband Plans
NBN Co informed the rural Victorian council that some of its residents will suffer from slower satellite services because the company’s application for new broadband infrastructure was rejected. The government-owned company issued a statement for residents in the Golden Plains Shire, west of Melbourne, explaining that their community would not get the benefit of faster wireless broadband after the local council refused to accept NBN’s application for the installation of new broadband towers.
Bourke picked for NBN satellite station
Bourke picked for NBN satellite station
BOURKE in northwestern New South Wales has been picked as one of 10 towns across Australia to host a satellite ground station as part of the national broadband network (NBN).
“This ground station will act as an essential satellite gateway, helping deliver fast broadband to rural and remote communities across Australia,” Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said today.
The key ground station at Bourke will provide between 15,000 and 20,000 Australians in homes, farms and businesses with broadband speeds of up to 12 megabits a second from 2015.
(Source: heraldsun.com.au)
NewSat CEO Briefs Potential Satellite Communications Investors
Adrian Ballintine , the CEO of independent satellite service provider NewSat, discussed the advantages and challenges of investing in the satellite communications industry in his recent interview with Sky News Business. Ballintine, who is one of the pioneers of Australia’s local satellite communications industry, emphasized the importance of looking at orbital slots and customer base when investing in satellite business.
(Source: newsat.com)
Loan deals, Jabiru-1 launch critical for NewSat
What happens this month will either send NewSat’s share price crashing down to earth or rocketing higher as Australia’s only satellite communications company approaches a critical milestone.
Shareholders are likely to find out this month whether NewSat will be awarded $230 million plus worth of export financing through the United States government-run Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) and the French credit export agency Compagnie Française d’Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur.
Niche satellite providers fear backhaul squeeze
Niche satellite providers fear backhaul squeeze
Small satellite service providers have urged the competition watchdog to rethink its 121 point of interconnect model for the National Broadband Network amid fears the cost of leasing backhaul to regional nodes could squeeze them out of the market.
Under the model, satellite service providers would be required to connect their networks to each of up to 41 of the 121 points of interconnect established in regional areas in order to serve NBN Co’s planned long-term satellite product to all Australians deemed eligible in 2015.
These points of interconnect are connected through NBN Co’s transit network to a total ten earth stations the wholesaler plans to build over the next three years to support its two Ka-band satellites.
Satellite providers would purchase services from NBN Co at points of interconnect in the same general area as the premises intended to be served by that provider, even though the points do not physically connect to the premises.
The model differs from the interim service, in which all traffic is backhauled to a central Sydney point of interconnect, which is in turn connected to the two earth stations supporting the system.
(Source: itnews.com.au)
