ABG

Australian Broadband Guarantee

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

ACMA

Australian Communications and Media Authority

ADSL

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

ADSL2

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line version 2

ADSL2+

Extended Bandwidth ADSL2

AMPS

Advanced Mobile Phone System

BAF

Building Australia Fund

BCA

Business Council of Australia

BSL

Broadband Service Locator

CAN

Customer Access Network

CCC

Competitive Carriers Coalition

CCF

Cross Connect Facility

CEG

Communications Expert Group

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

CSG:

Customer Service Guarantee

DBCDE

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

DCITA

Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

DOCSIS

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSLAM

Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer

EFA

Electronic Frontiers Australia

EOI

Expression of Interest

ESA

Exchange Serving Area

FTTH

Fibre-to-the-Home

FTTN

Fibre-to-the-Node

FTTP

Fibre-to-the-Premise

HiBIS

Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme

HFC

Hybrid Fibre Coaxial

HSPA

High Speed Packet Access

ICAAN

Internet Corporation for assigned Names and Numbers

ICT

Information and communications technology

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network or Isolated Subscriber Digital Network

IP

Internet Protocol

IPA

Infrastructure Partnerships Australia

IPTV

Internet Protocol Television

IRCA

Indigenous Remote Communications Australia

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

NGN

Next Generation Network

OAN

Open Access Network

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OPEL

Optus and Elders Communication

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

SAU

Special Access Undertaking

SMEs

Small and medium sized enterprises

STD

Subscriber Trunk Dialling

STS

Standard Telephone Service

The department

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

The Panel

The Panel of Experts

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

VoIP

Voice-over-Internet Protocol

WA

Western Australia

WA CCI

Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

WA DOIR

Western Australia Department of Industry and Resources

WiMAX

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access