Mike Quigley has been appointed the Executive Chairman of the company established to deliver the National Broadband Network (NBNCo).
Quigley is an example of an Australian executive who has reached the top of their profession globally and is now able to bring the benefit of that experience home.
Few people in the world have first-hand experience with the deployment of the type of network our National Broadband Network plan involves. Quigley is one of those people. He understands the technology, the applications and all of the considerations that go into making a network viable.
He has had a distinguished 36-year career at Alcatel, one of the world’s largest telecoms technology and network deployment companies. He was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer of the company, leading more than 55,000 staff and responsible for operations in 130 countries. Quigley also led Alcatel's team in the negotiations of the 21 billion euro merger with Lucent Technologies, which was completed in November 2006, before his decision to return to Australia in September 2007.
During the course of his career, Quigley has led the development and integration of large-scale fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) and fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) implementations for some of the largest US carriers.
Quigley will commence his role immediately and be actively involved in the NBN Implementation Study. His appointment as Executive Chairman provides the authority and direction to maintain the government’s momentum on this project.
The government has also announced the appointment of Doug Campbell as Chair of the company to roll out and operate the National Broadband Network in Tasmania.
Campbell has agreed to be Chair of Tasmanian NBN Company Limited (TNBN Co), a new company that will be established and jointly owned by NBNCo and Aurora Energy.
Campbell brings significant telecommunications experience and expertise to the project to deliver super-fast broadband across Tasmania. He is perfectly qualified to drive forward this project — the vital first stage of the National Broadband Network.
TNBN Co will construct a FTTP network to deliver speeds of 100 megabits per second to 200,000 Tasmanian households and businesses. The remaining premises will be served by next-generation wireless or satellite services, offering speeds of 12 megabits per second or more.
