Indonesian satellite plan a blow to NBN rollout by: MALCOLM...

Indonesian satellite plan a blow to NBN rollout

by: MALCOLM COLLESS
From: The Australian
March 23, 2013 12:00AM

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INDONESIA is negotiating to buy key satellite broadcasting slots covering Australia in a move that would be highly embarrassing for the federal government and a big setback in the rollout of its National Broadband Network.

It would also be a major blow to the embattled Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, who has been tenaciously driving the NBN policy, including enthusiastically endorsing the decision by the national broadband company to build and launch two of its own satellites at a cost of about $1 billion. The negotiations, which are believed to be at an advanced stage, are understood to have the support of the US government to enhance its relationship with Indonesia.
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