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2G
|
Second
generation mobile phone technology
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3G
|
Third
generation mobile phone technology
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ACA
|
Australian
Communications Authority
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ACCC
|
Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission
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ACE
|
Australian
Communications Exchange Ltd
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ACIF
|
Australian
Communications Industry Forum
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ADSL
|
Asynchronous
Digital Subscriber Line
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APEC
|
Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation
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AUSTEL
|
Australian
Telecommunications Authority
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BAG
|
Broadband
Advisory Group
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BARN
|
Building
Additional Rural Networks
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Besley
|
Mr
Tim Belsey
was Chairman of the Telecommunications Service Inquiry
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BPL
|
Broadband
powerline systems
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CAN
|
Customer
Access Network
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CAPEX
|
Capital
expenditure
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CBD
|
Central
Business Districts
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CCIF
|
Coordinated
Communications Infrastructure Fund
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CDMA
|
Code
Division Multiple Access
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CEO
|
Chief
executive officer
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CEPU
|
Communications,
Electrical and Plumbing Union
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CSG
|
Customer
services guarantee
|
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DCITA
|
Department
of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts
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DDSO
|
Digital
Data Service Obligation
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DEP
|
Disability
Equipment Program (Telstra)
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DRCS
|
Digital
Radio Concentrator Systems
|
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DSL
|
Digital
Subscriber Line
|
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DSLAM
|
Digital
Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
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ESA
|
Exchange
Service Area
|
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Estens
|
Mr
Dick Estens
was Chairman of the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry
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FTTC
|
Fibre to
the curb
|
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GHz
|
GigaHertz
(billions of cycles per second)
|
|
GSM
|
Global
System for Mobile Communications
|
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HCRC
|
High
Capacity Digital Radio Concentrator system
|
|
HFC
|
Hybrid
fibre coaxial cable
|
|
HiBIS
|
Higher
Bandwidth Incentive Scheme
|
|
HREOC
|
Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
|
|
IAP
|
Internet
Assistance Program
|
|
IP
|
Internet
protocol
|
|
ISDN
|
Integrated
Services Digital Network
|
|
ISP
|
Internet
Service Provider
|
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kbps
|
Kilobits
per second
|
|
KHz
|
KiloHertz
(thousands of cycles per second)
|
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MB
|
Megabyte
|
|
mbps
|
Megabits
per second
|
|
MHz
|
MegaHertz
(millions of cycles per second)
|
|
MSD
|
Mass
service disruption
|
|
NBS
|
National
broadband strategy
|
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NBSIG
|
National
Broadband Strategy Implementation Group
|
|
NCF
|
National
Communications Fund
|
|
NECG
|
Network
Economics Consulting Group
|
|
NOIE
|
National
Office for the Information Economy
|
|
NRF
|
Network
Reliability Framework
|
|
NTN
|
Networking
the Nation
|
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OECD
|
Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development
|
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OPEX
|
Operating
expense
|
|
OTC
|
Overseas
Telecommunications Commission
|
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PGS
|
Pair gain
system
|
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PLC
|
Powerline
communications
|
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PLT
|
Powerline
telecommunications
|
|
PMG
|
Post Master
General's Department
|
|
PSTN
|
Public
Switched Telephone Network
|
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RATE
|
Remote
Areas Telecommunications Enhancement (Telstra program)
|
|
RIM
|
Remote
integrated multiplexer
|
|
RTI
|
Regional
Telecommunications Inquiry
|
|
SETEL
|
Small Enterprise
Telecommunications Centre
|
|
SMA
|
Spectrum
Management Agency
|
|
SME
|
Small
Medium sized Enterprises
|
|
TAF
|
Telecommunications
Access Forum
|
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TEDICORE
|
Telecommunications
and Disability Consumer Representation
|
|
TIO
|
Telecommunications
Industry Ombudsman
|
|
TPA
|
Trade Practices Act 1974
|
|
TSI
|
Telecommunications
Service Inquiry
|
|
TTY
|
Teletypewriter
|
|
USO
|
Universal
Service Obligation
|
|
USP
|
Universal
Service Provider
|
|
VDSL
|
Very High
Rate Digital Subscriber Line
|
|
WANs
|
Wide Area
Networks
|
|
WLAN
|
Wireless
local area networks
|
|
WLL
|
Wireless
local loop
|