Canberra has been chosen as a focus for this study as it represents the hub of most Government networks. Introduction - Yogesh Kashap Yogesh gave an introduction to the seminar. OGIT's Telecommunications Initiatives - Anthony Goonan Anthony gave an overview of OGIT's efforts to rationalise Commonwealth Government communications and reduce costs. The Commonwealth doesn't want to build its own telecommunications company, but get maximum benefit from aggregation. Types of communications are changing and there is a massive growth in the Internet.
Security is a major issue.
A Commonwealth network which can combine services from different carriers is envisaged. This will be facilitated by expected deregulation of telecommunications. Rough calculations show that the set-up cost would be covered by the savings in telecommunications charges in the first year. The network would be available to Pay TV and telecommunications companies. Bill Kitto gave a very good overview of the issues with designing a broad band network to the home.