Townsville ISP to rollout Ericsson DSLAMs

Stuart Corner
Tuesday, 06 December 2005 07:52

Business IT - Networking

Townsville-based ISP, Regional Internet Australia (RIA), has chosen Ericsson's EDA ethernet DSLAMs to build out a regional ADLS2+ broadband network in Northern Queensland.

By early 2006 it expects to have installed DSLAMs in several main towns across Northern Queensland, including Cairns, Townsville, Mackay and Mount Isa.
RIA CEO, Warren Thomson, told ITWire that the Ericsson announcement was the first of several that the company, or its suppliers, would make in coming days as it gears up to launch services.

These will include the announcement of suppliers, including content, for a full 'triple play' service and of the supplier of 3G wireless broadband network using UMTS-TDD technology which RIA intends to use to complement its ADSL network.

Thomson said the company had spent nearly 18 months preparing for launch. At present RIA has few customers, no announced services or pricing and no website, but Thomson said the site would be launched, along with service details and pricing, very shortly. RAI obtained its carrier licence in July this year.