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Municipal Association of Victoria

CEO FORUM

Mike Kaiser

Principal-Government Relations and External Affairs

6th May 2010

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Australia – At least 90% Fibre Coverage

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Australia – 10% Radio & Satellite Coverage

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Regional Initiatives

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Fixed Bandwidth Demand

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Latest LTE/SAE trials show significant differences

between peak rates and end-user throughput

Notes: 2x20MHz, 2x2 MIMO

Source: LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (Oct 2009)

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A Diversity of Wholesale and Retail Business Models

Re

tail

Layer 2 Ethernet AccessNetwork Wholesaler

Retail service

provider

Retail service

provider

Retail service

provider

Retail service

provider

Layer 3

Wholesaler

Layer 2

Tunnel Protocol

Wholesaler

Layer 2

Backhaul

Wholesaler

Wh

ole

sale

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Physical Infrastructure Representation

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Network dimensions – replicating modules

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‘Real’ Fibre Serving Areas - Melbourne

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Supporting end user applications

Consumer BusinessSymmetrical

IndustryEg. Health

High-speed internet

asymmetrical

bursty

IPTV

asymmetrical

streaming

constant

(committed rates)

VOIP

constant

(committed rates)

Backup of data

Software-as-a-Service

High-definition voice

and video conferencing

Online collaboration

with remote workers

Online consultations

Remote diagnosis of

electronic medical

images

In-home monitoring of

elderly and chronic

disease sufferers

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