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).

NBN Co is the default SIP for all areas where no other SIP is identified. Find out more about NBN Co’s service areas.

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.

You can also use the SIP map to search an address or suburb to see who the SIP is. The map combines individual SIP areas onto one display tool.

Note: As the ACMA receives information from SIPs, it will be included on the register. Click on the hyperlink to access the SIP dataset on data.gov.au for each relevant service area. In data.gov.au, the SIP dataset can be downloaded and viewed on the NationalMap.

Licensed carriers (other than NBN Co) can enter contracts to install infrastructure for project development areas. This may 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.

Where an anticipatory notice covers multiple project areas and all areas have been declared, the anticipatory notice will be moved to the 'expired anticipatory notices' table below.

Where only some of the project areas of an anticipatory notice have been declared, the anticipatory notice will remain in the 'anticipatory notices' table below. The declared areas will be identified in a spreadsheet on data.gov.au, accessible via the links below.

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.