Abbreviations

Abbreviations

ABG

Australian Broadband Guarantee

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Access Bill

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures––Access Arrangements) Bill 2010

ACMA

Australian Communications and Media Authority

ADSL

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

ADSL2

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line version 2

ADSL2+

Extended Bandwidth ADSL2

AIB

Aussie Infrastructure Bonds

BAF

Building Australia Fund

BCA

Business Council of Australia

CAN

Customer Access Network

CEG

Communications Expert Group

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

CSG

Customer Service Guarantee

DBCDE /
The Department

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

DoFD

Department of Finance and Deregulation

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSLAM

Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer

EOI

Expression of Interest

ESA

Exchange Serving Area

FAN

Fibre Access Node

FSA

Fibre Serving Area

FTTH

Fibre-to-the-Home

FTTN

Fibre-to-the-Node

FTTP

Fibre-to-the-Premise

GPON

Gigabit Passive Optical Networks

HFC

Hybrid Fibre Coaxial

HSPA

High Speed Packet Access

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network or Isolated Subscriber Digital Network

IP

Internet Protocol

IPTV

Internet Protocol Television

ISP

Internet Service Provider

LTE

Long Term Evolution

LTIE

Long-term interests of end-users

MB

Megabyte – a million bytes; one byte is a unit of binary information comprising 8 bits.

Mbps

Megabit per second – a million bits per second

MHz

Megahertz

NBN

National Broadband Network

NBN Co

NBN Co Ltd

NBN Co Bill

National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010

NGN

Next Generation Network

OAN

Open Access Network

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OPEL

Optus and Elders Communication

POI

Point of Interconnect

POP

Point of Presence

POTS

Plain Old Telephone Service

P2P

Point to Point or Peer to Peer

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

RFP

Request for Proposal

RIM

Remote Integrated Multiplexer

RSP

Retail Service Provider

RTIRC

Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee

SA

South Australia

SMEs

Small and medium sized enterprises

STS

Standard Telephone Service

TIO

Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman

TPA

Trade Practices Act 1974

ULLS

Unconditioned/Unbundled Local Loop Service

USO

Universal Service Obligation

VDSL

Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line

VIC

Victoria

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol

WA

Western Australia

WA CCI

Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

WiMAX

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

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