In its semi-annual financial report, Telstra reported 222,000 broadband subscribers, double the number from the same period last year. Telstra expects to have one million broadband subscribers in 2005. On the wholesale front, Telstra said industry demand for DSL is lifting. Over time, Telstra expects that its wholesale DSL business may have more customers than its retail offering. Meanwhile, during the past six months Telstra’s narrowband subscribers increased 7% to more than 1.1 million. On the regulatory front, Telstra said it was relieved that debate concerning structural separation of its operations is now off the agenda. A separate government inquiry is continuing this year looking at the capacity of the telecommunications network to deliver adequate services to all Australians.
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- As of the end of 2002, Optus, the Australian division of SingTel, reported 85,000 cable modem customers and 464,000 dial-up Internet customers.