Perth-based carrier Amcom has been awarded a 20-year contract to build and maintain a fibre-optic network to connect South Australia's higher education facilities, but will also use the rollout to further its own DSL plans.
Western Australia-based Amcom has purchased the Perth fibre business of People Telecom, in a transaction worth some AU$6.25 million.
Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet will invest a further AU$15 million into expanding its ADSL2+ network which should increase its coverage to 90 percent of metropolitan Australia, the ISP announced today.
Alcatel has launched its AU$4 million new Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) Centre of Excellence in Sydney, called Innovation Central.
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