and remote areas until next month, despite short-listing three bidders.
the funding, via its joint venture with Elders. But the short list Private Networks.
the Herald that it was postponed until late next month.
Communications Department for weeks but, less than a month ago the AUSalliance, comprising Austar, Unwired and Soul, also met government officials to discuss its bid.
Networks, which is a reseller of satellite services from Thai company IPStar.
Australian Private has proposed providing broadband where terrestrial services are not feasible.
A notable omission from the list is Telstra, which recently wrote to Coalition MPs expressing concern about the program.
launched a stinging attack on the scheme, claiming most of the services.
industry should Optus win the lion's share of the funding.
Optus made two bids in December for the funding, one of which venture with Elders. The other was for $200 million of Broadband Connect funding, together with $170 million of its own, to extend mobile phone and broadband coverage.
internet services in the bush.
The Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, has said a final middle of the year.
Meanwhile, a group of nine telecommunication companies known as the G9, which has proposed building a $3.
6 billion-plus high-speed broadband network, is expected to lodge a final access undertaking with the competition regulator late next week.
He's a bona fide Hollywood star, and Steven Spielberg and Brad Pitt are among his fans, but what Eric Bana treasures most is his life as a suburban dad.
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