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Australian NBN: major opportunity for GPON vendors, particularly Alcatel-Lucent
- Published by: Ovum, Ltd.
- Published: September, 2010
- Format : PDF / Pages: 8
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- Product ID: 135093
Description
Abstract
In June 2010, Alcatel-Lucent announced that it had been selected to supply
AU$70 million (US$64 million) worth of GPON and Ethernet aggregation equipment
to the Australian NBN (National Broadband Network). The AU$43 billion (US$39
billion) build, which had entered a holding pattern due to the withdrawal of
political support, now has the support needed to continue. The objective of
the NBN is to provide 100Mbps FTTH broadband to 93% of the nation and to boost
the nation’s digital economy by creating a platform for new public and
private services, such as e-health and smart utility grids.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Path to FTTH has been
tortuous
Uncertainty from unexpected elections should be resolved soon
GPON will face an easier path in Australia than in EC nations
Significant opportunity for GPON vendors
The network will be primarily
GPON-based, but businesses will get Active Ethernet P2P too
Vendors’ equipment must be able to operate with smart meters and deliver
e-health services
Alcatel-Lucent has potential to garner a significant
share of the overall access opportunity
Interoperability will be an
important criterion
NBN publications will be an important source of
information
Methodology
Sourced from Alcatel-Lucent and NBNCo
List of Tables
Table 1: Selected details of the
Australian FTTH NBN rollout
List of Figures
Figure 1: Representation of the NBN
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