We summarise two models where government is funding national fibre networks in conjunction with the private sector: Singapore and New Zealand. Various countries are advancing such networks – such as Australia – with some having PPP procurement constraints (e.g. the EU procurement rules). We deal with the latest Australian development in our article on last week’s KPMG-McKinsey report for the National Broadband Network. These solutions all pose some challenges. We deal with public sector procurement requirement in our article Some interesting procurement issues for PPPs and other complex public procurement: the UFB initiative.