Networking Tasmania II (NT II) is an outsourced, integrated, data communications network for the Tasmanian Government.

NT II provides a range of proactively managed end-to-end wide area network services, including managed network services, connection services, Internet gateway and filtering services and Government directory services.

NT II provides opportunities for multiple suppliers.  To date, agreements have been negotiated with:

• AARNet for the supply of -
• • the Education Internet gateway (Dept of Education only)
    

(For any queries relating to this service please contact TMD on 1800 255 505 or ntgroup@dpac.tas.gov.au)

• Aurora for the supply of -
• • Connection services
  • Optional services (including co-location services)

Aurora Customer Care Centre
1800 650 779
www.auroraenergy.com.au/high_speed_telecommunications

• iiNet for the supply of -
• • Connection services
  • Optional services (including internet-only services)

iiNet Customer Care Centre
1300 NET TAS (1300 638 827)
www.iinet.net.au/business/nettas/

• TasmaNet for the supply of -
• • Infrastructure Hosting Services
  • Wireless Network Extension Services

TasmaNet Customer Enquiries & Support
1300 792 711
www.tasmanet.com.au

• Telstra for the supply of -
• • The core network and associated services
  • Connection services
  • The internet gateway
  • Messaging services
  • The Government Directory Service (GDS)
  • Optional services (including web hosting)

Telstra Customer Care Centre
1800 813 302
www.nettas.com

Additional suppliers could also be selected over time.

The NT II services are designed and delivered to meet each customer's business requirements, rather than to deploy particular technologies.

While customers purchase most services directly from the suppliers, TMD is responsible for:

• Contract supervision and monitoring
• Development of new services
• Ordering of common services
• Quality assurance
• Benchmarking
• Pricing reviews

The cost of providing these contract management services is recovered by suppliers on TMD's behalf through the collection of a 5% contact management fee.
 

The common services, ordered by TMD on behalf of customers, are the core network, the internet gateway services, messaging services and the government directory service.  Depending on the customer, costs for these are recovered either:

• By TMD in proportion to each customer's use of NT II connection services (from any supplier); or
• Directly by Telstra

For more information

TMD Service Management Centre
1800 255 505
service.managementcentre@dpac.tas.gov.au