Broadband Investment Forum (28 February 2008)

In response to the challenge laid down by Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe late last year, 25 senior representatives from major telecommunications providers, utility operators, industry organisations, institutional investors, and central and local government met in Auckland yesterday to discuss a range of investment models for incentivising broadband investment. 

Broadband Investment Forum Chair Mr Stephen Tindall thanked representatives from the telecommunications industry for squarely confronting a critical issue facing New Zealand – how to accelerate the deployment of advanced broadband infrastructure.

"All parties acknowledged the critical importance of broadband to the country's economic and social aspirations," Stephen Tindall said.

"While there was agreement on the vision of improving the country's broadband infrastructure, it is fair to note that there was a robust debate on the most appropriate means of incentivising investment.  The participants explored a range of options, including regulatory relief, structural separation, establishing a collective funding vehicle to invest in infrastructure, and government ownership of infrastructure."

The Broadband Investment Forum will be meeting on a bi-monthly basis henceforth, with discussion on key issues also facilitated here on the Broadband Investment web page incuding summary notes from the Forum.

A list of attendees and the agenda for the Investment Forum can be downloaded below. Also added below are the presentations from Pete Macauley and Rod Drury

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