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Optus Coverage Remediation

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Optus Coverage Remediation• Optus commissioned testing of the network in all campuses of the university

and at other locations identified by IS (for example the major teaching hospitals)

• Several areas were identified that required coverage enhancement including the Parkville & VCA campuses of the university.

• Site design visits were conducted on 6th and 7th November:– Optus Project Manager– Construction Engineers x3– RF Engineer– Heritage Consultant– Property Acquisition Consultant (Legal\Commercial)

• Optus have committed to resolving all coverage issues as expeditiously as possible and have set aside circa $3 million dollars to acquire and construct new mobile base stations within the University grounds

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Outcomes of initial Optus assessment

• At a high level Optus identified the following areas for mobile facilities that would meet the optimum coverage objectives for the campuses:– a new mobile site in the North East corner of the Parkville campus– a new mobile site in the South East area of the Parkville campus– a new mobile site in the North West corner of the Parkville campus– a new mobile site in the middle of the VCA– a new mobile site on the David Pennington building– a new mobile site at St Vincents Hospital

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Timing & Prioritisation• Optus is totally committed to this project, and to that end the intention is to deploy the sites as quickly as

possible• A initial project plan was produced which is copied below for your reference, however it’s fair to say that the

intention is to better this by many months. • At this point in time Optus have effectively completed process step 2 of 7 and now seek your authorisation

to move forward

ID Task Name Start Finish DurationQ1 09Q4 08 Q2 09 Q3 09

Mar JunFeb Apr JulNov Dec Jan May

1 6w5/12/200827/10/2008Scoping & Design Visits

2 8w30/01/20098/12/2008Preliminary design and surveys

3 16w22/05/20092/02/2009Planning activities

4 16w22/05/20092/02/2009Property consent

5 6w3/07/200925/05/2009Construction

6 3w24/07/20096/07/2009Installation and Commissioning

7 1w31/07/200927/07/2009Sites tested & On-Air

Budget Allocation

$150,000

Included above

$20,000

$40,000

$1.9M

$390,000

Included above

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