NBN Co has completed construction of its ninth satellite ground station at Waroona in Western Australia as it builds out infrastructure to provide residents in remote and regional areas with high speed broadband services. When completed, NBN’s network of satellite ground stations will include 24 dishes across 10 sites. They will be critical pieces of infrastructure in NBN Co’s Long Term Satellite service, due to launch in 2016, or sooner if possible, NBN Co said. NBN Co has so far built ground stations in Bourke, Broken Hill, and Wolumla in New South Wales; Carnarvon, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, and Waroona in Western Australia; Roma in Queensland, and Geeveston in Tasmania. A final station in Ceduna, South Australia is due for completion in Q1 2015. Each ground station includes two, 13.5 metres dishes with Kalgoorlie and Wolumla using two extra dishes each for back-up, telemetry and tracking. The majority of stations include on-ground solar farms designed to offset the power consumption of the facilities, NBN CO said. NBN Co signed a $300 million contract with French company Arianespace in March last year under the previous Labor government to launch two 777 tonne rockets that will carry satellites into space in 2015. At the time, former Federal communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy said the satellites would offer broadband services to people in the bush faster than most people receive in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney on the copper network. The Long Term Satellite service will help people in remote and regional Australia access e-health and distance education services,” said NBN program director, satellite, Matt Dawson. Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebook… Twitter: @CIO_Australia, Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation on LinkedIn: CIO Australia Follow Byron Connolly on Twitter:@ByronConnolly Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe