Watershed of developments around the NBN

Late 2010 saw a watershed of developments around the NBN. As the broadband network was a key item in the 2010 election campaign the Government, the Greens and the Independents had the political will to move the NBN to the at once stage. This resulted in the passing of the all-important legislation that was required to put the regulatory environment in place to support the NBN in early 2011.

All of this is setting the scene for an extraordinary amount of work - this has already commenced however it will explode over 2011 and beyond. The business opportunities across various sectors are enormous and the international telecoms market is following with great interest the developments Down Pursuant to this agreement as they will set the scene for future telecoms developments around the world. This report analyses the major developments as they happened while late 2010 and early and mid 2011.