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Laureate Professor Rod Tucker appointed to panel to assess National Broadband Network proposals
Professor Rod Tucker (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) has been announced as a member of the Panel of Experts appointed by the Federal Government to assess proposals to build the National Broadband Network. Rod is one of six telecommunication industry, academic and corporate experts on the panel. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, said that the Government will formally call for proposals to roll-out the new network with a view to having construction underway by the end of 2008.
Full details are available on Senator Conroy’s website at http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/016.