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Digital Bytes: NBN Co takes action to support the Covid-19 crisis

23.04.2020
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  • NBN Co has set up a working group comprising of the five largest telcos to a coordinate responses to the surge in network demand due to Australians working from home during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • The Australian government has announced a AU$150 million ‘relief’ package for NBN Co to waive wholesale access charges to SMEs and low-income households for 6 months. A third of this amount is specifically targeting unconnected low-income families with school-aged children.

NBN Co has set up a working group comprising of the five largest telcos to a coordinate responses to the surge in network demand due to Australians working from home during the COVID-19 crisis...

Region:
Asia Pacific
Series:
Regulatory Watch
Coronavirus, covid-19
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