Alcatel-Lucent said that it has been selected as a strategic supplier for the rollout of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), a new infrastructure initiative to drive and enable Australia’s digital economy.
Alcatel-Lucent said that the NBN has committed an initial Aus$70m fixed price purchase and has also committed to spend up to $1.5bn on this specialised network equipment during the lifetime of this project.
Under the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will provide GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) equipment, aggregation and engineering assistance to the National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo). The organisation will support Retail Service Provider eco-system and will roll out a 100 Mbit/s Fibre to The Premise (FTTP) broadband network to 90% of Australian premises over an eight year period.
Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, said: "The Australian NBN is one of the most important initiatives in our industry. The world is watching. "Infrastructure projects of this scale demand and command leading edge technology and smart solutions. We are committed to delivering both."
"The NBN offers innovation opportunities for all industries in Australia. Now we need to take advantage of it and explore how broadband networks can deliver life changing services."
