📋 Tender Overview
Up to 10000 regional Australians on NBN Sky Muster Plus will receive unmetered monthly data allowances and faster speeds as part of a new trial to boost internet quality in the bush. The trial will test the capacity and reliability of satellite technology to deliver faster download speeds of up to 100 Mbps for regional customers. Faster satellite services without data allowances will help expand opportunity for households and small businesses in regional and remote Australia. The trial is set to begin in March and run until May 2023. If successful the product will be made available to all customers across the satellite footprint. This work supports the Albanese Governments election commitment to examine ways to boost monthly satellite speeds and allowances for regional and remote communities. The trial has been enabled by a 480 million grant from the Albanese Government to upgrade the NBN fixed wireless services. The upgrade will allow 120000 premises to move from the satellite footprint to fixed wireless freeing up capacity on the Sky Muster satellite service. The October Budget also invested an additional 2.4 billion to expand full-fibre broadband access for an additional 1.5 million families and small businesses 660000 of which will be in regional areas. The Government recently announced the first tranche of towns and suburbs eligible for upgrades with the remaining upgrade footprint to be released in early 2024.
