SIP register

The ACMA is required to maintain the SIP register under the Telecommunications Act 1997.

The SIP register must include:

• the name of each SIP
• the relevant service area/s of each SIP
• a copy of anticipatory notices  given by a carrier (if applicable).

SIPs need to give mapping information to the ACMA for each of their service areas. This information is stored at data.gov.au. Direct links to each SIP’s dataset can be found below.

Licensed carriers (other than NBN Co) can enter contracts to install infrastructure for project development areas. This might include real estate developments or building redevelopments.

When this happens, they must provide us with an anticipatory notice. The notices must specify:

• the project area
• the type of network infrastructure to be installed
• the likely date of completion.

These notices let retail service providers and customers know about new areas that will become provisional nominated service areas. They also identify the SIP for that area once the installation is complete.

Copies of anticipatory notices given to the ACMA will be included in the SIP register and are accessible via the hyperlink to data.gov.au.

Once a carrier installs infrastructure in its project development area, it must declare the area a provisional nominated service area. The carrier then becomes the SIP for that area.

Below is a table of expired anticipatory notices where the infrastructure has been installed and project areas have been declared.