NSW Government, NICTA & CSIRO set up broadband innovation centre

摘要

The Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation, a joint initiative between the NSW Government, CSIRO and NICTA has opened in Marsfield, Sydney. The NSW Government will contribute $7.5 million to establish the centre and support it until 2013. Matching in-kind support will be provided the CSIRO and NICTA. At start up in 2011 the centre will employ about 20 people in the CSIRCs ICT Centre in Marsfield but from the outset will operate over multiple sites. The Marsfield site will be connected by broadband to NICTA at the Australian Technology Park in Redfern, Sydney and to the NSW Government's NBN testbed at Parkbridge Estate, south west of Sydney. In 2011 the network will extend to Armidale, an NBN first release site.