nbn Seeks Feedback from Industry

As part of the continuing commitment to consultation with industry, nbn is releasing a new Product Consultation Paper to elicit feedback on a potential new wholesale product: nbn® Smart Communities.  

nbn is seeking feedback from interested property developers, utilities providers, building system integrators, building management system equipment providers and users of non-broadband infrastructure to validate the desirability, feasibility, and viability of this new product construct idea, including its fitness for purpose and channel to market.

The nbn Smart Communities can help enable a private and secure Integrated Communications Network (ICN) to be deployed on the nbn Fibre Network, over the same physical infrastructure used for broadband and telephony applications.

This connectivity is intended to support non-broadband, Ethernet-based applications within a Site, such as intercom, metering, sensors, and CCTV.

While the same fibre infrastructure will be used, traffic will be segregated so that privacy and security can be maintained, without requiring duplicate communications infrastructure to be deployed.  

It’s an exciting idea, nbn said, but one that it needs to test with the market to ensure it can build it once, build it right and at the right price.

Therefore, nbn welcomes the opportunity to work collaboratively with industry over the coming months to fully understand their use cases and product requirements. 

To review the consultation paper and understand how to submit your feedback, please visit: nbn Smart Communities Industry Consultation

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