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Australia’s National Broadband Network
On April 7, 2009, the Honorable Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, announced the Australian government’s plan for implementing a superfast broadband network while also stimulating the Australian economy. This joint venture with industry will provide A$43 billion over eight years to improve the Australian broadband infrastructure. The goal is to provide 90% of Australian homes, schools and workplaces with broadband services of up to 100Mbit/s, and a minimum of 12Mbit/s available to all other locations. These efforts are expected to directly support 25,000 jobs in Australia over the eight-year life of the program, with an anticipated peak of 37,000.
The Australian plan heavily endorses the use of fiber in the access and feeder networks, and goes as far as endorsing the use of Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) over the Fiber to the Node (FTTN) alternative architectures. For customers that cannot be fed from fiber, the plan also supports the use of wireless and satellite technologies to reach the remaining mostly rural subscribers. In addition, the government plan calls for improving fiber-based connectivity to address regional backbone black spots in the networks connecting cities, major regional centers and rural towns.
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ADVA Optical Networking’s Broadband Stimulus Advantage
ADVA Optical Networking has a long history of being a trusted partner for Australian carriers of all types and delivering optical and Ethernet products optimized for rural access, metro, backhaul and multi-reach applications.
ADVA Optical Networking has supplied leading-edge optical products into Australian access providers such as Telstra and Uecomm. With temperature hardening, multi-reach optics and passive optical network options, ADVA Optical Networking has a deep understanding of optical requirements in access and backhaul applications.