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Telstra statement on OPEL termination
Telstra Country Wide® Group Managing Director, Mr Geoff Booth, today welcomed the decision by the new Federal Government to terminate the Broadband Connect Infrastructure Funding granted to the SingTel Optus/Elders joint venture OPEL.
Mr Booth said it was a commonsense decision as the OPEL plan failed to meet the fundamental requirements of the funding and would have done nothing to increase the availability of broadband access in rural and remote Australia.
"The previous Government's decision was made as a result of poor process and delivered little for regional Australia.
"It's now time to put this mess behind us and move on. Telstra, the Federal Government and the industry as a whole need to look forward and come up with a realistic and achievable holistic solution for getting broadband to all Australians with 21st century technology."
As a result of the Federal Government's decision Telstra's legal proceedings to access documents relevant to the previous Government's decision on the Broadband Connect tender will now come to an end.
Reference Number: 087/2008
