Communications Alliance has established an Operations Council, comprised of senior representatives from member companies, to guide and help manage the core operational activities of the Alliance.
Operations Council members will include the Chairs of the four existing Communications Alliance Reference Panels and former members of the NBN Project Steering Committee, which will be dissolved.
The CEO of Communications Alliance, John Stanton, who will Chair the Operations Council, paid tribute to the NBN Project Steering Committee, which made a vital contribution to the establishment of the National Broadband Network. Its contribution included using industry expertise to design the original reference architecture for the network and meeting a host of technical and operational challenges during the formative months of NBN Co.
“The Operations Council will harness the learnings and accomplishments of the NBN Project during the past 18 months and link these to the existing reference panels and working committee arrangements used by Communications Alliance for the making of industry standards, codes and guidelines,” Mr Stanton said.
The Council – which will work in close coordination with the Communications Alliance Board of Directors - includes many leading experts in a range of disciplines from across the communications sector (see attached member list).
The Council will set a work program based on priority activities needed to facilitate the early stages of NBN deployment and transfer of existing customers from copper to fibre-based services. It is also responsible for ensuring coordination across the breadth of reference panel work programs and the remaining NBN Working Committee activities in areas such as Early-Stage Deployments, Operations and Consumer Information.
The Operations Council will hold its first meeting on 16 September.
ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS ALLIANCE
Communications Alliance is the primary telecommunications industry body in Australia. Its membership is drawn from a wide cross-section of the communications industry, including carriers, carriage and internet service providers, content providers, search engines, equipment vendors, IT companies, consultants and business groups.
Its vision is to provide a unified voice for the telecommunications industry and to lead it into the next generation of converging networks, technologies and services. The prime mission of Communications Alliance is to promote the growth of the Australian communications industry and the protection of consumer interests by fostering the highest standards of business ethics and behaviour through industry self-governance. For more details about Communications Alliance, see www.commsalliance.com.au.
Communications Alliance Operations Council
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Member |
Title |
Organisation |
Special Responsibility |
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Gary Chappell |
NBN Product Manager |
iiNet |
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Lawrie Clarke |
Principal |
Clarke Communications |
Network Reference Panel Chair |
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Michael Edwards |
General Manager, Product & Technology |
AAPT |
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Clare Gill |
General Manager, Government and Corporate Affairs |
Optus |
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Peter Gilmartin |
Group Manager, Operations, Regulatory Affairs Group |
Telstra |
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Colin Goodwin |
Strategic Marketing Manager |
Ericsson |
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Robert Haylock |
Solutions Architect |
Alcatel-Lucent |
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Trevor Hill |
Group Manager, Regulatory Compliance |
Telstra |
Consumer Issues Reference Panel Chair |
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Gary McLaren |
Chief Technology Officer |
NBN Co |
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Roger Nicoll |
General Manager, Planning and Interconnect |
Primus |
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Alexander Osborne |
Head of Regulatory Compliance and Industry Standards |
Vodafone Hutchison Australia |
Operations Reference Panel Chair |
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Kevin Richardson |
Managing Director |
Stanimore |
Customer Equipment & Cabling Reference Panel Chair |
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Peter Rossi |
Chief Technology Officer |
Huawei |
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Ben Salmon |
General Manager - Sales |
NBN Co |
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Phil Smith |
General Manager, Infrastructure |
OptiComm |
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Steven Theakstone |
Capacity & Migrations Manager |
Optus |
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