e-education-new-zealand
by Ministry of Economic Development
(New Zealand)
New Zealand Government Tender
The Rural Broadband Initiative
Ministry of Economic Development
The New Zealand Government is embarking on an investment program to upgrade and extend the reach of broadband services to those rural schools and communities where service is currently not available or where the service is deemed to be inadequate.
The Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) complements the Government’s $1.5 billion Ultra-fast Broadband (UFB) Initiative that seeks to accelerate the roll out of ultra-fast broadband to 75 percent of New Zealanders. The RBI targets the remaining 25 percent of New Zealanders.
The Rural Broadband Initiative RFP seeks a telecommunications infrastructure business to deliver the following broadband service objectives in the Telecom Zone 4 area:
(a) Improve coverage of fast broadband services so that 80 percent of Zone 4 households and enterprises are able to access broadband services of 5 Mbps or better;
(b) Connect 93 percent of Zone 4 schools to fibre (including all District and Area Schools) enabling speeds of at least 100 Mbps; and
(c) Provide Priority Users with access to fibre based broadband services.
Closing Friday, 12th of November 2010 at 12:00 pm
