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 BrandPost Retail innovation playbook: Fast, economical transformation on Microsoft Cloud For retailers, tight integration of data and systems is the antidote to a challenging economy. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 3 mins Retail Industry Digital Transformation BrandPost How retailers are empowering business transformation with TCS and Microsoft Cloud AI-powered omnichannel integration and a strong, secure digital core lets retailers innovate across four primary areas while staying compliant, maintaining security and preventing fraud. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 4 mins Retail Industry Cloud Computing BrandPost How to Build ROI from Cloud Migration This whitepaper and webcast can help you calculate the ROI and create a business case for modernizing your legacy applications to the Microsoft Cloud. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 1 min Retail Industry Cloud Computing BrandPost How to power a sustainable enterprise on Microsoft Cloud In this eBook, we’ll follow the journey of Amal Skye, a fictitious woman who is committed to living in a way that preserves the planet for the future —and how businesses like Tata Consultancy Services and Microsoft are making that possi By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 1 min Retail Industry Green IT 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