3. The enablers: Connection

3.3 Connection actions

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The government is responding to the connection challenges by:

Action Contributes to priorities Lead Agency Timing Budget
Accelerating broadband investment. Develop and implement mechanisms designed to accelerate investment in broadband infrastructure. Facilitating the deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructure Ministry of Economic Development 2008 tbc
Progressing competition in the telecommunications sector. Remove barriers to market entry and promote competition in service provision to end users. Promoting a robust
and competitive telecommunications market		 Commerce Commission Ongoing Baseline
Revising the Telecommunications Service Obligations (TSO).
Improve incentives to invest in rural New Zealand by revising the TSO. 		 Promoting a robust
and competitive telecommunications market		 Ministry of Economic Development 2008 Baseline
Encouraging competition in the wireless market. Allocate spectrum: 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz for innovative shared access arrangements (including provisions to protect Mäori language and culture); and 70/80GHz for high-speed broadband.  Promoting a robust
and competitive telecommunications market		 Ministry of Economic Development 2008 Baseline
Improving access to the transport corridor. Pass the Utilities Amendment Bill to improve access to the transport corridor and develop a National Code of Practice. Facilitating the deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructure Ministry of Economic Development 2008-09 Baseline
Adopting national environmental standards for telecommunications services.
Adopt national standards for a range of telecommunications services to remove regional inconsistencies under the Resource Management Act and facilitate faster roll-out of services.		 Facilitating the deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructure Ministry for the Environment 2008 Baseline

Promoting ‘broadband friendly councils’.
Work with local authorities to develop:

  • a ‘know how guide’ for local government and community groups that are developing business cases for improving broadband connectivity in their local areas
  • a ‘broadband friendly protocol’ for local authorities and industry.
 Facilitating the deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructure Local Government New Zealand and Ministry of Economic Development 2008 Baseline
Aggregating public sector demand. Work on adopting a common framework for public sector broadband demand aggregation, including health and education.  Facilitating the deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructure State Services Commission 2008 Baseline
Use the National Broadband Map effectively to support regional broadband planning and business case preparation.  Facilitating the deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructure State Services Commission Ongoing Baseline
3 Responses to "3.3 Connection actions"
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Some good ideas here. I like it.
Of course, both dollars and a political will are essential requirements. Hopefully, both of these will be forthcoming.
Graham Leech
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:07 PM
Other technologies for data distribution exist and have huge potential in terms of cost and availability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_communication
but with the government that doesn't want to understand how strategic these resources are for power distribution let alone data distribution what hope is there !.
Paul Satherley
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:46 PM
Ensure promote 'broadband friendly councils' is not constrained to wired connections - ensure the scope includes wireless.

Encourage the peoples network to act as wired access points for community wireless infrastructure.

Review the government radio network infrastructures and see if they can be standardised and used for backhaul in offpeak. Could I use wireless at a DOC camping ground, to receive an updated weather report?

Provide an innovation fund for community open source/open hardware groups to develop a scaleable wireless infrastructure.
mike(p)
Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:07 AM