In this section

• Mobile Connect
• Satellite broadband providers

Related links

• Media release: Connect Australia - a plan to future proof telecommunications

Related archived material

• Previous Regional funding - fact sheet

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• Overview
• Next steps
• Programs
• Discussion papers and draft guidelines
• Final guidelines
• Fact sheets
• Further information on individual aspects of the Connect Australia package

Overview

On 17 August 2005,  a $1.1 billion communications package for regional access to telecommunications services was announced.

Connect Australia aimed to improve broadband to people living in regional, rural and remote areas, extend mobile phone coverage, build new regional communications networks and set up telecommunications services for remote Indigenous communities.

In addition, the $2 billion Communications Fund was established and will be used to deliver an income stream to fund Government responses to the recommendations of future legislated reviews into regional telecommunications.

Related fact sheets and other information are available below.

Programs

• Clever Networks
• Backing Indigenous Ability

Discussion papers and draft guidelines

• Backing Indigenous Ability discussion paper
  Backing indigenous ability—Discussion paper (File size: 194Kb)
  Backing indigenous ability—Discussion paper (File format: RTF, File size: 370Kb)
• Broadband Connect and Clever Networks discussion paper
• Mobile Connect discussion paper

Final guidelines

• Metropolitan Broadband Connect final guidelines

Fact sheets

• Strengthening competition and consumer protection measures
  Strengthening competition—Fact sheet (File size: 42Kb)
  Strengthening competition—Fact sheet (File format: RTF, File size: 153Kb)
• Regional telecommunications funding
  Regional funding—Fact sheet (File size: 27Kb)
  Regional funding—Fact sheet (File format: RTF, File size: 182Kb)
• Consumer safeguards
  Consumer safeguards—Fact sheet (File size: 54Kb)
  Consumer safeguards—Fact sheet (File format: RTF, File size: 203Kb)

Further information on individual aspects of the Connect Australia package

• Operational separation of Telstra's internal structure
• Further improvements to competition regulation
• New Telstra retail price controls

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