Consultation on Alternative Voice Services Trials

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We are seeking comments on the proposed design of trials to explore new ways of delivering phone services in the rural and remote Australia.

Why we want your input

We want to make sure the proposed trials are as effective as possible in demonstrating and testing new ways to deliver voice services in rural and remote areas.

How you can voice your opinion

You can voice your opinion by providing comments to this public consultation process.
Comments are requested by Friday, 7 February 2020.

What will be the outcome of this consultation?

Your comments will help us fine tune the design of the proposed trials so that we get the most out of them.

The Issue

We are seeking your views on the design of Alternative Voice Services trials.

The objective of the trials is to find better ways to deliver voice services in rural and remote areas generally and in particular in areas served by high capacity radio concentrator systems.

We are seeking feedback on the consultation paper to inform the design of the trials and development of guidelines.

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Relevant Documentation

Alternative voice services trials—grant opportunity guidelines—draft

Published 14th May 2020

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These Grant Opportunity Guidelines (guidelines) contain information for the Alternative Voice Services Trials (trials) Program (program). You must read these guidelines before filling out an application.

Alternative Voice Services Trials—Standard Grant Agreement

Published 14th May 2020

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Once completed, this document, together with each set of Grant Details and the Commonwealth Standard Grant Conditions (Schedule 1), forms an Agreement between the Commonwealth and the Grantee.