Competition

As a wholesale-only network the NBN is committed to providing retail service providers (RSPs) with equivalent opportunities to serve Australia's digital access needs.

The new network has the potential to improve innovation and choice in the market once it is rolled out. This will benefit the Australian public by giving them the power to choose the service, and service provider, that best suits their needs.

The quality of the service we provide our partners and consumers is required to be on a level playing field with equal access to service providers. This has guided the development of the product we will be offering to retailers.

The National Broadband Network is expected to:

• encourage differentiation and innovation by RSPs - by supplying them with an experience as close as possible to owning their own network
• support healthy retail competition by ensuring the product set does not favour a small number of players
• enable maximum choice in terms of both services and providers for householders and businesses alike
• allow secure, simultaneous delivery of multiple applications, potentially by multiple RSPs, with predictable levels of quality