[MLB-WIRELESS] Another Inquiry

[Clae]

In addition to the public submissions to the Broadband Advisory 
Group, there is a Senate inquiry into the Australian 
telecommunications network here: 
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ecita_ctte/tele_network/Index.htm

Does anyone else think we need to have go at that one as well?

Clae.

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Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the 
Arts References Committee
Inquiry into the Australian Telecommunications Network

The Senate has referred the above matter to the Committee for inquiry 
and report by 21 February 2003. The terms of reference are:

(a) the capacity of the Australian telecommunications network, 
including the public
       switched telephone network, to deliver adequate services to all 
Australians, particularly
       in rural and regional areas;

(b) the capacity of the Australian telecommunications network, 
including the public
       switched telephone network, to provide all Australians with 
reasonable, comparable and
       equitable access to broadband services;

(c) current investment patterns and future investment requirements to 
achieve adequacy
       of services in the Australian telecommunications network;

(d) regulatory or other measures which might be required to bring the 
Australian
       telecommunications network up to an adequate level to ensure 
that all Australians may
       obtain access to adequate telecommunications services; and

(e) any other matters, including international comparisons, which are 
deemed relevant
       to these issues by the Committee.

The Committee invites written submissions from interested individuals 
and organisations to be lodged by Friday 16 August 2002. The 
Committee prefers submissions to be lodged in electronic form, sent 
by email to ecita.sen at aph.gov.au. The email must include full postal 
address and contact details. Alternatively, submissions may be sent 
to the Secretary, Senate ECITA References Committee, Parliament 
House, Canberra ACT 2600.

Advice on preparing a submission is available on the Committee's web 
site or by contacting the Secretariat as follows: phone (02) 6277 
3526;   fax (02) 6277 5818. The web site address is 
www.aph.gov.au/senate_environment.


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David Clae Gason
Secretary, Melbourne Wireless
mailto:secretary at wireless.org.au
http://wireless.org.au

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