List of abbreviations
ACCCAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACCANAustralian Communications Consumer Action Network
ACMAAustralian Communications and Media Authority
AMTAThe Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association
ASAAustralian Space Agency
AWLArea-Wide Licence
BAUBusiness As Usual
BCPBetter Connectivity Plan for Regional and Rural Australia
CAACCentral Australian Aboriginal Congress
CDMPSCentre for Disaster Management and Public Safety
CLCCentral Land Council
CFSCountry Fire Service
CNCore Network
COWsCells on wheels
DecorDedicated core
DPIRDDepartment of Primary Industries and Regional Development
DITRDCAThe Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
ESOEmergency services organisation
FNMAFirst Nations Media Australia
FSGField Solutions Group
GEOGeostationary Equatorial Orbit (satellite)
GHzGigahertz (unit of frequency-one billion hertz)
ICTVIndigenous Community Television
ITUInternational Telecommunication Union
LEOLow Earth Orbit (satellite)
LTELong Term Evolution
MBSPMobile Black Spot Program
MEOMedium Earth Orbit (satellite)
MHzMegahertz (unit of frequency-one million hertz)
MNIPMobile Network Infrastructure Provider
MNOMobile Network Operator
MOCNMulti-operator core network
MORANMulti-operator radio access network
MNHPMobile Network Hardening Program
MVNOMobile virtual network operator
NEMANational Emergency Management Agency
OFCPOn Farm Connectivity Program
PAVPolice Association Victoria
PFAPolice Federation of Australia
PPSAPrimary Producers SA
PSMBPublic Safety Mobile Broadband
RANRadio access network
RASRegional Active Sharing (program)
RCGRegional Connectivity Group (New Zealand)
RCPRegional Connectivity Program
RTIRCRegional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee
RLANsRadio Local Area Networks
RMITRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
SAFPASouth Australian Forest Products Association
SATCOWsSatellite cells on wheels
SIMSubscriber Identity/Identification Module
SSCSatellite Small Cell
SRNShared Rural Network (United Kingdom)
USGUniversal Service Guarantee
VASTViewer Access Satellite Television
WALGAWA Local Government Association
WACHSWestern Australia Country Health Services
WBBWireless broadband
WISPWireless internet service provider