Network Design & Construction Overview

93% Fibre Coverage

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Indicative map

93% Fibre + 4% Wireless

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Indicative map

93% Fibre + 4% Wireless + 3% Satellite

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Christmas Island

Cocos Island

Norfolk Island

Lord Howe Island

By 2020

Indicative map

Building the NBN – Release 2

• ACT Gungahlin

• NSW Riverstone (Sydney), Coffs Harbour Minnamurra/Kiama Downs (First

Release) Armidale (First Release)

• Queensland Brisbane (inner north), Springfield

Lakes, Toowoomba Townsville (First Release)

• Northern Territory Casuarina

• South Australia Modbury, Prospect Seaford/McLaren Vale (First

Release)• Victoria

Bacchus Marsh, South Morang Brunswick

• Western Australia Victoria Park (Perth), Geraldton,

Mandurah

Network Design & Physical Infrastructure Representation

Street furniture - fibre distribution hub

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Dimensions of FDH CabinetHeight - 111cmWidth – 54cmDepth – 34cm

Network Dimensions

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Full-Scale Construction @ ‘Volume Roll-Out’

• Roll-out over approximately 9.5 years

• NBN expected to pass over 12 million premises

when rollout completed

• Almost 6,000 premises forecast to be passed per

day during peak rollout

• Projected direct construction workforce of 15,000 to

20,000 FTEs at the peak of construction

• Construction will occur concurrently in metropolitan,

regional, and rural areas

• It will be Australia's first national wholesale-only,

open access broadband network

• Network will be capable of providing peak speeds of

up to 1 Gigabyte per second to 93% of Australian

premises and 12 megabits per second to the

remaining 7% of premises, through a

satellite/wireless solution

NBN is different

• The NBN roll-out will involve multiple projects

of a like nature over a substantial period of

time

• There is significant scope to leverage

learnings and drive improvements as we go

• We have a unique opportunity to evolve /

define construction delivery characteristics

• Fibre network

• Limited to a few states and concentrated in high-density urban areas (not regional/rural)

• 18m homes past

• 6m premises connected

• Roll-out over 5 years

• Fibre, wireless & satellite• Coverage in metro, rural and remote Australia• National roll-out• 12m + premises connected• Roll-out over 9.5 years

NBN CoIndicative

Verizon

To put this into further perspective…

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Fibre based NBN Plan Summary - Singapore compared with Australia

• Govt Funding S$1 billion A$37.5 billion (est)

• Public Contribution No – Govt Grants Yes – Public Contribution expected

•• Premises Coverage 95% 100%

• Notable Differences City State Sprawling low density suburbs

• Structural Requirements Three way separation Two-way separation of optical infrastructure wholesale and retail wholesale and retail operations (TBD)? operations

• Timeframe and/or completion Completion in 2012 9.5 years (est)

Outline of Average Design & Construction

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Month- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12Detailed DesignRemediation CIS

Construction

Testing

Activation

On average a 12 months process per Fibre Serving Area Module (FSAM)

Coff’s Build

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5 Fibre Serving Area Modules (FSAM)

FSAM Detail Design Remediation Construction Testing Activation

1 Q4’11 Q1’12 Q1’12 Q4’12 Q4’122 Q4’11 Q1’12 Q1’12 Q4’12 Q3’12

3 Q2’12 Q3’12 Q4’12 Q2’13 Q2’13

4 Q2’12 Q3’12 Q4’12 Q2’13 Q2’13

5 Q2’12 Q3’12 Q4’12 Q2’13 Q2’13

Fixed Wireless Roll Out

• Ericsson appointed to design, build and operate Fixed Wireless Network

• First Release scheduled for completion mid 2012

• 14,000 Premises covered by mid 2012

• 283,000 Premises covered by mid June 2013

• Roll-out scheduled for completion mid 2015

• To cover 4% or roughly 500,000 premises

Five Fixed Wireless First Release Areas:• Geraldton• Toowoomba• Darwin• Tamworth• Ballarat

Mobile Wireless and Fixed Wireless

Mobile - variable number and type of devices - variable cell boundaries

Fixed wireless - single type of device, fixed number of connections - 12Mbps cell boundary

Fixed Wireless – How it works

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CustomerActiveEquipment

Premises

LTEModem(Mod)

Pitt

Backhaul Network

Ducted Fibre

Gateway

DW

DM

WirelessBase

Station

SA

EG

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Key Characteristics• LTE technology will be used as part of the Fixed Wireless roll

out. LTE is often referred to as “4G”.• Unlike 3G, LTE is designed purely for data (e.g. voice is

handled as data).

Fixed Wireless – Coverage to the Premise

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Key Characteristics• Signal send and received between

telecommunication facility and Fixed External antenna installed on outside of premise. Routed via Ethernet cable to an internal wall mounted indoor unit

Premise Installation

At the customer premises....

Example of an Outdoor Antenna

Example of an Indoor unit (Network Termination Device, NTD)

Fibre installation to premises

- Premise control device

EXAMPLE ONLY: NTD (Indoor)