Western Australia's Department of Education and Training has inked a five-year, $35 million deal with Optus subsidiary Alphawest to supply Cisco networking hardware to schools around the state.
Legal Aid Western Australia will implement Hummingbird's Red Dot Web-based content management system with the assistance of services group Alphawest.
When the nation's number two telco Optus bought local systems integrator Alphawest in mid-2005, convergence was clearly the name of the game.
The telco's bid to become an end-to-end telephony service provider remains on course, but how Optus combines its internal culture and identity with that of a debt-laden takeover target has emerged as a litmus test of its future.
Western Australia's Water Corporation says it's not planning to sever Telstra as its telecommunications provider, despite giving Optus subsidiary Alphawest the nod for a state-wide IP telephony fitout.
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