This independent report by Oxford Economics explores the economic impact of the Aura Network previously known as Intercity Fibre Network, indicating how high-capacity fibre can enable new opportunities across Australia’s industries and communities.
It highlights the critical role of digital infrastructure in driving productivity, innovation, and resilience as technologies like AI, cloud, and edge computing reshape how we live and work.
Telstra InfraCo’s Aura Network previously known as Intercity Fibre Network is an investment in strengthening Australia’s digital foundations. Stretching across the country with global connectivity, this high-performance fibre network is designed to enhance connectivity between cities and regions, supporting a wide range of digital solutions.
With a suite of flexible products and services, we help businesses and communities stay connected, adapt to change and grow with confidence in an increasingly digital world.
Direct high performance connectivity providing accessible and resilient diverse network.
Unlock scalable, secure and reliable connectivity to keep your critical data moving and your operations running smoothly across multiple locations. Our services support high-capacity, low-latency, point-to-point connectivity using advanced optical fibre technology. This service is ideal for businesses requiring reliable and scalable bandwidth solutions.
Embrace the future of data transmission with high-speed, reliable connectivity that grows with your business needs. Customise and scale your spectrum with flexible capacity, choose your own equipment and take control of your network, all while staying future-ready.
Experience the benefits of control and flexibility with our Dark Fibre services, offering access as a dedicated part of the same network that underpins our fibre data products, along with expert support for your connectivity needs.
Supports streamlined, high-bandwidth data needs, enabling reliable connectivity across long distances.
Designed with diverse path architecture to help reduce single point of failure and increase operational efficiency.
Choice of connectivity solutions and better control as you opt to manage your own equipment and configuration with some solutions, to align with your operational needs and future business goals.
To keep your business agile, the network is designed to support evolving technologies and connectivity needs over time.
Disclaimer: This map is an approximate illustration. We will optimise the project rollout by adjusting, and phasing routes and kilometres deployed.
| City | Facilities and sites | Subsea connection points |
| Darwin | Satellite ground stations/teleport sites | Asia |
| Brisbane | Satellite ground stations/teleport sites and Data Centres | United States, Asia |
| Sydney | Satellite ground stations/teleport sites and Data Centres | United States, Asia, Pacific, South America, New Zealand, Melbourne, Perth |
| Melbourne | Satellite ground stations/teleport sites and Data Centres | Sydney |
| Perth | Satellite ground stations/teleport sites and Data Centres | Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Sydney |
| Adelaide | Data Centres | |
| Canberra | Data Centres |
An ultra-low loss fibre (Corning SMF-28 ULL with Advanced Bend) provides reliable, high bandwidth between capital cities and international submarine cable landing stations. This network will deliver greater performance and capacity, high-data-rate services, and has a flexible design for future connectivity to non-capital city data centres and data centre hubs.
A low-loss fibre (Prysmian BBA2-LL) will enable upgrade of the existing network with technically improved fibre, cable, and architecture. This facilitates additional capacity between capital cities, to enhance performance and improve connectivity to regional Australia to support the anticipated growth in bandwidth.
Whitepapers from our collaborators, Corning and Infinera, discuss the technologies and techniques that will be used to deliver our new high-performance Aura Network build.
Footage: An overhead montage showing trucks in an outback destination and a ship at sea, where a pink and blue fibre network is being laid. This followed by footage of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and an aerial shot of Sydney which pulls back to reveal more of the Sydney to Canberra Coastal Path.
We cut to a woman standing in front of Sydney Harbour and speaking directly to camera. Text appears on screen: Kathryn Jones, Executive National Infrastructure Projects, Telstra InfraCo.
Kathryn Jones voiceover: The completion of our Sydney to Canberra Coastal path is a significant milestone for the project and for Telstra.
The Sydney to Canberra Coastal path is open for business to enterprise, government and industries who are looking to take the next step and need high speed and high-capacity network to support their growth and uptake in new advanced technologies.
Footage: We cut to a montage featuring computers in an office and robotics in a factory and a hospital. We then cut to a man wearing hi-vis gear standing in front of heavy machinery. Text appears on screen: Brendon Riley, CEO Telstra InfraCo.
Brendon Riley voiceover: It's required to support the next generation of advanced tech industries like AI data centres. All those data intensive use cases will require this super-fast intercity fibre.
Footage: As we hear the following voiceovers, we see a montage of different landscape footage: the outback, the city, the beach, hospitals, data centres and so on.
Kathry Jones voiceover: To get where we have today, the Intercity Fibre team have faced lots of complexities, from building through complex environments such as rock, deserts, mountains to working with hundreds of stakeholders from government, industry, private landholders and traditional owner groups. We're delivering on our commitment that we made in 2022 to build the terrestrial fibre network Australia needed and we're all well and truly on our way.
Brendon Riley voiceover: This will serve the nation for a generation to come. I think that's something we can all be super proud of.
End frame: Telstra InfraCo logo.
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