Announcements made over provision of fibre in new developments

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has recently announced refinements to the arrangements for the provision of fibre in new developments.

According to recent reports the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has recently announced refinements to the arrangements for the provision of fibre in new developments. Details about the implementation of fibre in new developments were originally announced last year by the Gillard Government.

Conroy said that since the initial announcements about fibre in new developments, details had been refined based on experience and information gathered since the announcement was made. He said: “Those arrangements have now been refined – in light of experience since December – to give developers and other stakeholders greater certainty.”

The minister also said that the government felt that it was important that people who were moving into newer developments were able to benefit from access to a solid communications infrastructure. He said that refinements to the arrangements would be brought into effect with immediate effect, with consumers and investors able to get more details from the government website.

Conroy said: “The government is committed to ensuring people in new developments have ready access to quality communications and that means optical fibre technology to the greatest extent possible. These arrangements are helping achieve this goal.”

Source – DBCDE