Will taxpayers end up paying the telcos to release their infrastructure data?
Mar 26th, 2008 | By Leslie Poston | Category: Internet, Technology news
The recent requirement by the Australian government for telecommunications companies to release data about their infrastructure to bidders for the new government FTTN (fiber to the node) network may have unexpected costs to Australian tax payers. The legislation calls for voluntary submission of the data. The data will be going to both the government and bidders on the FTTN spectrum for the national broadband initiative.