[LINK] Optus says yes to new regional network – owned by all Australians

[Marghanita da Cruz]

> Optus says yes to new regional network – owned by all Australians
> 06 Aug 2009
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> Optus is strongly supportive of the Australian Government’s bold plans for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and is ready to assist the Government in achieving its vision.
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> In particular, Optus views the recently announced $250 million Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP) as a critical first step in enabling the NBN build.
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> Therefore the Optus group of companies are pleased to announce that they have lodged a range of bids in response to the Commonwealth Government’s request for tenders (RFT) for the RBBP.
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> The bids address all of the key locations specified by the Commonwealth in its RFT including Darwin, Emerald, Longreach, the South West Gippsland Coast, Victor Harbor and Geraldton.
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<http://www.optus.com.au/portal/site/aboutoptus/menuitem.813c6f701cee5a14f0419f108c8ac7a0/?vgnextoid=fa58f47763ee2210VgnVCM10000002cd780aRCRD&vgnextchannel=233be6b0b0cee110VgnVCM10000002cd780aRCRD>

and...

> SingTel to help establish Singapore as a regional cloud computing hub
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> Cloud computing provides business services on demand, such as hosted email, web publishing and HR applications.  Customers enjoy these services in a secure online environment on a subscription basis, without the need to install software and purchase licences for their employees.   They avoid high upfront investments in infrastructure and ongoing maintenance and upgrade costs.  In Asia Pacific, the cloud computing services market is expected to grow rapidly with a CAGR of approximately 60% in 2011[1].
<http://home.singtel.com/news_centre/news_releases/2009_07_14.asp>
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Marghanita da Cruz
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Phone: (+61)0414 869202