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Ten Gigabit Adelaide Fibre Network

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Adelaide's council paid to wire 1,000 CBD buildings with 10-gigabit fibre and handed the network to one company to own and run. At completion in 2020, several hundred organisations had connected.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Official
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byTPG Telecom (network), City of Adelaide (programme)
Scale🏘️ District
Cost≈A$15M build budget (project manager's figure)
FundingCity of Adelaide subsidy; TPG Telecom built and owns the network

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The City of Adelaide named TPG Telecom its official network provider in December 2017 and subsidised a fibre build for city businesses, who pay nothing for the in-building connection. TPG built, owns and operates the network. The rollout finished in October 2020: 82km of fibre to 1,000 buildings across the CBD and North Adelaide, with symmetrical services of up to 10 Gbps.

Live 📅 since 2017

📊 Impact

1,000 buildings passed by October 2020; TPG reported several hundred organisations connected at completion. No uptake figure has been published since.

🎓 Lesson

A city can fund the fibre and still not own it: Adelaide paid for the build and left TPG to run the network and wholesale access over it.

📡 Data & IoTConnectivity & 5G

Sources

↗ City of Adelaide (authority, official project page)Programme description, TPG as 'Official Network Provider', coverage of CBD and North Adelaide, no installation charge to businesses.
↗ iTnews (trade press, contract announcement)Published 6 December 20176 Dec 2017: TPG selected to build, own and operate the network; council financial support reduces business costs; ~1,000 sites planned; 10 Gbps per customer.
↗ iTnews (trade press, completion)Published 20 October 2020Oct 2020 completion: 1,000 buildings, 82km of fibre, 26,000 splices, 431 joints, eight core sites; 'Several hundred organisations have connected to the network already'.
↗ Council Magazine (trade press)Published 26 October 2020Independent confirmation of the completion figures and the council/TPG roles.
↗ ProcurePM (project manager on the build)States a $15 million budget and describes the build as a collaboration between the City of Adelaide and TPG.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2017. 3 of 5 sources carry a publication date, from 6 December 2017 to 26 October 2020.

When the sources were published

  1. iTnews · pressiTnews (trade press, contract announcement)
  2. iTnews · pressiTnews (trade press, completion)
  3. Council Magazine · pressCouncil Magazine (trade press)

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Evidence Passport · public beta 12 addressable claims, 5 source dossiers, one permanent baseline. The passport is unreviewed — an AI-assisted structural migration, not a human or expert endorsement. Every revision keeps a permanent copy under revision history.

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Claim 1 clm-b983927ccb2b5ea9 quantitative
named TPG Telecom its official network provider in December 2017
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
iTnews reported on 6 December 2017 that TPG had been chosen for the council's network: 'TPG will build, own and operate a 10Gbps fibre optic network in Adelaide under a project conceived by the City of Adelaide.' TPG's chief financial officer Stephen Banfield told investors the same morning: 'TPG will be Adelaide's official foundation network and services partner to roll out a new fibre optic network capable of delivering 10Gbps services per customer to over 1000 sites in Adelaide.' The wording announced that day is 'official foundation network and services partner', not the later title 'Official Network Provider'.
Caveat
The December 2017 announcement named TPG as Adelaide's official foundation network and services partner. Two later trade-press accounts date the formal partnership, and the title 'Official Network Provider', to 2018 instead.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. iTnews (trade press, contract announcement)
Claim 2 clm-8df3d14a20b4c4f8 descriptive
subsidised a fibre build for city businesses
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What the mapping says
iTnews wrote that the build 'is part-funded by the City of Adelaide', and quoted TPG's chief financial officer: 'TPG will own and operate the network, the construction of which is occurring with financial support from the Adelaide city. That support will substantially reduce the costs that would normally be payable by businesses in Adelaide to obtain access to such remarkable speeds.'
Caveat
The source describes the council as part-funding the build alongside TPG's own investment; it does not state the council's share.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. iTnews (trade press, contract announcement)
Claim 3 clm-981ff5cc36a127c2 descriptive
who pay nothing for the in-building connection
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What the mapping says
The council's Ten Gigabit Adelaide page states: 'There is no charge for the installation of a Ten Gigabit Adelaide access point in buildings - this is provided free of charge by the City of Adelaide and TPG.' The same page prices the service itself, with access to a 10Gbps port starting from $399 including 1Gb of internet. No locator string is given because the council's site refuses every automated request: its Cloudflare configuration bans the whole network range this check runs from, so the page could not be opened directly and its wording was recovered through search results.
Caveat
What is free is the installation of the access point in the building. The connectivity service over it is a paid TPG product, advertised from $399 for a 10Gbps port.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. City of Adelaide (authority, official project page)
Claim 4 clm-19b845744f037384 descriptive
TPG built, owns and operates the network
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
iTnews opened its December 2017 report with: 'TPG will build, own and operate a 10Gbps fibre optic network in Adelaide under a project conceived by the City of Adelaide to establish itself as a major business hub.' TPG's chief financial officer is quoted directly: 'TPG will own and operate the network, the construction of which is occurring with financial support from the Adelaide city.'
Caveat
Ownership is stated in the future tense at the 2017 announcement and rests on TPG's own account of the deal. The council's later descriptions of the arrangement say TPG installs and operates the network without addressing who owns it.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. iTnews (trade press, contract announcement)
Claim 5 clm-c5827657ba31962d quantitative
The rollout finished in October 2020
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What the mapping says
iTnews reported on 20 October 2020: 'Adelaide's 10 gigabit per second fibre optic network has reached completion, with 1000 buildings connected in the city.' Council Magazine reported on 26 October 2020 that 'The City of Adelaide's Ten Gigabit Adelaide project has reached its target of 1000 buildings fully connected, with philanthropic venture, The Light Cultural Foundation, connected today.' Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor is quoted in both saying the 1000th building was connected on time and on budget.
Caveat
Neither report prints a completion date in its text; October 2020 is the month both were published, and both describe the milestone as having just been reached.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. iTnews (trade press, completion)
  2. Council Magazine (trade press)
Claim 6 clm-aa190a59acff08b2 quantitative
82km of fibre to 1,000 buildings
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What the mapping says
iTnews: 'Spanning a total of 82 kilometres of fibre-optic circuits, the 1000 buildings in the 10 Gigabit Adelaide project are connected with 26,000 splices, 431 new joints and eight high density cores sites, TPG's general manager for enterprise and governmenet Nick Pachos said.' Council Magazine carries the same figures from the same TPG manager: 'the project to connect 1,000 buildings included the installation of 82kms of cable, 26,000 spliced fibres, 431 new joints and eight high-density 10G core sites.'
Caveat
Both figures come from the same TPG manager's statement at completion, relayed by two trade titles. The 2017 announcement had planned around 100km of cabling.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. iTnews (trade press, completion)
  2. Council Magazine (trade press)
Claim 7 clm-acf24116b332ba9b descriptive
across the CBD and North Adelaide
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
iTnews reported that TPG and its wholesale customers would be able to supply carriage services to users in the CBD 'and along the main commercial strips in North Adelaide'. The council's own project page describes the same footprint, saying a connection is available to any business in one of the 1,000 buildings throughout the CBD and along the main commercial strips in North Adelaide.
Caveat
In North Adelaide the network follows the main commercial strips rather than covering the whole suburb.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. iTnews (trade press, contract announcement)
Claim 8 clm-8f4acb44426782cf quantitative
with symmetrical services of up to 10 Gbps
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The council's project page describes Ten Gigabit Adelaide as 'Australia's first city-wide fibre optic network offering symmetrical speeds up to 10Gbps for businesses and organisations in the city and North Adelaide', and says unique fibre extensions were made for each business customer within the 1,000 connected buildings, providing a direct access point to a symmetrical 10Gbps transmission link. No locator string is given because the council's site refuses every automated request: its Cloudflare configuration bans the whole network range this check runs from, so the wording was recovered through search results rather than read on the page.
Caveat
10Gbps is the ceiling of the service, not a typical purchase: the council's own price list starts a 10Gbps port at $399 with 1Gb of internet included.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. City of Adelaide (authority, official project page)
Claim 9 clm-81e6138f7aeaf9b9 quantitative
1,000 buildings
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Council Magazine: 'The City of Adelaide's Ten Gigabit Adelaide project has reached its target of 1000 buildings fully connected.' iTnews: 'Adelaide's 10 gigabit per second fibre optic network has reached completion, with 1000 buildings connected in the city.' The Lord Mayor is quoted on connecting the 1000th building.
Caveat
Both sources call the 1,000 buildings connected rather than passed. What reaches the individual tenant is an access point in the building, from which a business still has to buy a service.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Council Magazine (trade press)
  2. iTnews (trade press, completion)
Claim 10 clm-f782a34ab4595512 descriptive
TPG reported several hundred organisations connected at completion
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The figure is TPG's own and the attribution is exact. iTnews names the speaker: TPG's general manager for enterprise and government, Nick Pachos, 'added that several hundred organisations have connected to the network already, with the latest one being The Light Cultural Foundation philanthropic venture.' Council Magazine quotes Pachos directly: 'Several hundred organisations have already connected to the network, and we expect demand to accelerate now the network has been completed.'
Caveat
The number is an unaudited operator statement with no precise figure and no baseline: neither source says how many of the 1,000 connected buildings that represents.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. iTnews (trade press, completion)
  2. Council Magazine (trade press)
Claim 11 clm-a83092624a2f9d84 descriptive
Adelaide paid for the build
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
iTnews reported the network 'is part-funded by the City of Adelaide' and quoted TPG's chief financial officer on 'financial support from the Adelaide city'. ProcurePM, the project manager on the build, gives the budget as '$15 million' and describes the work as 'a joint collaboration between the City of Adelaide and TPG (as the "Official Network Provider") and involves the installation of a city-wide fibre network'.
Caveat
The council part-funded rather than fully funded the build; TPG invested as well, and no source splits the $15 million between them.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. iTnews (trade press, contract announcement)
  2. ProcurePM (project manager on the build)
Claim 12 clm-c2bcf06ca68d0b0f descriptive
left TPG to run the network and wholesale access over it
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Council Magazine describes a single named operator: 'In 2018 the City of Adelaide partnered with TPG Telecom as the "Official Network Provider" to install and operate the network and provide a range of high-performance services for the business community.' The Lord Mayor is quoted saying the network was 'delivered with our official network provider TPG Telecom'. No competing operator appears in any of the sources. The contradiction is to the selling half: iTnews reported at the 2017 announcement that TPG's wholesale customers, not TPG alone, would be able to supply carriage services over the build - 'Banfield said TPG and its wholesale customers would benefit from the build by being able to supply carriage services to users in the CBD.' On that account the retail layer is not necessarily a single company.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Council Magazine (trade press)
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
TPG Telecom (network), City of Adelaide (programme)
Actor types
city-government, private
Funding model
ppp
Funding description
City of Adelaide subsidy; TPG Telecom built and owns the network
Cost
≈A$15M build budget (project manager's figure)
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

5 source dossiers

City of Adelaide (authority, official project page) cityofadelaide.com.au · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
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Publisher
Name not classified · cityofadelaide.com.au
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-06
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

Programme description, TPG as 'Official Network Provider', coverage of CBD and North Adelaide, no installation charge to businesses.

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Claims linked
iTnews (trade press, contract announcement) itnews.com.au · 5 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-fdabb6b4a45a5495
Publisher
Name not classified · itnews.com.au
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-12-06
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-08-06
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

6 Dec 2017: TPG selected to build, own and operate the network; council financial support reduces business costs; ~1,000 sites planned; 10 Gbps per customer.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
iTnews (trade press, completion) itnews.com.au · 4 linked claims

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Stable source ID
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Publisher
Name not classified · itnews.com.au
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2020-10-20
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-08-06
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

Oct 2020 completion: 1,000 buildings, 82km of fibre, 26,000 splices, 431 joints, eight core sites; 'Several hundred organisations have connected to the network already'.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Council Magazine (trade press) councilmagazine.com.au · 5 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-4578ee2d87dddcfb
Publisher
Name not classified · councilmagazine.com.au
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2020-10-26
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-06
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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Independent confirmation of the completion figures and the council/TPG roles.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
ProcurePM (project manager on the build) procurepm.com.au · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-c79ebf8f3f364941
Publisher
Name not classified · procurepm.com.au
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-06
Dossier created
2026-08-22
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

States a $15 million budget and describes the build as a collaboration between the City of Adelaide and TPG.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
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  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Ten Gigabit Adelaide Fibre Network” — Adelaide, Australia. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/adelaide-ten-gigabit/ (last verified 2026-08-06). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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