CCC weighs into NBN uptake debate
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The Competitive Carriers Coalition has derided suggestions that Telstra's LTE upgrade will have any impact on the uptake of NBN fibre services.
The fear of wireless substitution was raised by corporate advisory firm Greenhill Caliburn after assessing assumptions in NBN Co's business plan.
Telstra's decision this week to upgrade parts of its network with next-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) technologies by the end of the year further raised concerns that the high-speed wireless service would be pitched as a fixed-line equivalent service to lure customers ahead of NBN availability.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy added to fears the that fixed and wireless networks might not be so complementary by attempting to promote the benefits of fibre over wireless.
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