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read moreEricsson to supply fibre for New Zealand's FTTH network
Stuart Corner
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 11:44
Ericsson has been awarded a contract to supply optical fibre cable for the New Zealand Government's Ultra Fast Broadband network - the equivalent of Australia's NBN.
The UFB project aims to connect fibre to 75 percent of New Zealand homes by 2019. Unlike Australia where one company, NBN Co, has responsibility for the network nationwide, the New Zealand Government has divided the country up into 33 different regions and has created a government owned company, Crown Fibre Holdings which called tenders for each region and which has now formed joint ventures with private sector companies to rollout the UFB in each region.
Ericsson has been awarded its contract by Chorus, formerly the access network business of Telecom New Zealand, which has won the lion's share of the network contracts. In May the Government announced that Chorus had been chosen as the network partner for 24 regions - including Auckland and Wellington - that between them represent around 70 percent of the planned UFB network's coverage area.
Chris Dyhrberg, Chorus' general manager for network build, said: "We are at the start of the fibre journey, and it is critical we make the right infrastructure choices that will set us up for a successful future. The agreement with Ericsson reinforces our commitment to using quality products to build our new fibre network and to working with suppliers that we can be confident will support us in delivering our commitments."
According to Alfred Ling, head of Ericsson New Zealand, "Air-blown fibre is an extremely efficient system to install, allowing for incremental expansion without additional significant civil works. It cuts down deployment time when compared with traditional fibre installation methods."
Rollout was due to commence in August 201. Chorus promised to have 299 schools connected within the first 12 months, an additional 736 schools connected by 2015, 30 hospitals connected within the first 12 months, with a further seven by the end of 2015.
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