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Ravi Bhatia, CEO of Primus Telecom Australia said the appointment was another major step forward for G9, which will be bidding to provide the Federal Government's National Broadband Network.

"Mr Egan will take up the appointment immediately and together with Mr Michael Simmons, the recently appointed Managing Director of G9's NBN project, will lead the development of our bid and submission documents", Bhatia said.

"Mr Egan was the unanimous choice of the G9 CEOs", Mr Bhatia said. "He is a distinguished Australian with an excellent record of service to the nation. He brings energy, enthusiasm and tremendous experience in the principles, working and importance of strong competition for the protection of the interests of consumers and businesses in Australia."

Egan noted that, "Australia can't afford to have a national broadband network that leads to an effective monopoly and sky-high broadband prices."