Ultra-Fast Broadband Investment Initiative
Overview of the initiative
The government will be investing up to $1.5 billion in open-access, dark-fibre infrastructure to accelerate the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband to 75 percent of New Zealanders over ten years.
Ultra-fast broadband is defined as a fibre-to-the-premise broadband service providing downlink speeds of at least 100 Mbps and uplink speeds of at least 50 Mbps.
In September 2009, the Government released [link to Beehive website] its final proposal for the ultra-fast broadband initiative. The government’s investment is expected to be at least matched by private sector funding by way of a co-investment model.
Invitation to Participate (ITP)
On 21 October 2009, Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce announced [link to Beehive website] the government's process for selecting private sector co-investment partners.
The Invitation to Participate document sets out the requirements and detail of the partner selection process.
Persons intending to participate in the partner selection process must notify the Ministry of Economic Development of their intention (using the Notice of Intention form) by Friday, 13 November 2009.
Proposals must be lodged (by downloading and using the ITP response form) by Friday, 29 January 2010.
Communication around the ITP process
Only the Contact Person and Authorised Representatives from the Ministry and Crown Fibre Holdings are authorised to discuss the ITP with participants in the partner selection process.
The Contact Person is Nick Manning. The Authorised Representatives are Bruce Parkes, Reg Hammond, Ralph Chivers, Mark Donnell and Simon Allen. This list may be updated from time to time.
Participants may ask questions on any matters relating to this ITP up to 5.00pm Friday, 11 December 2009. All enquiries must be in writing and directed to the Contact Person (contact details are provided in the ITP document). All questions (and answers) received from participants will be made available on this website. In the event of any inconsistency, the "Questions and Answers" page will be authoritative.
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