Australia - National Broadband Network - Infrastructure Plans and Contracts

Synopsis

The National Broadband Network Corporation will have to make the critical architecture and design decision for this open wholesale-only company, which will form the basis of this new infrastructure for at least the next 25 years.

The report provides a high level overview of the plans developed by NBN Co as well as strategic peer reviews from overseas.

In this report we also discuss issues around technologies such as the Network Operation Centre, the Optical Network Terminal, Points-of-Interconnect and IPTV versus RF Video.

The report follows the infrastructure contracts awarded by NBN Co.

Companies included:

NBN Co, Warren& Brown Technologies, Corning, Alcatel-Lucent, Prysmian, ETSA Utilities, Ergon Energy, Silcar, Transfield Services, Telstra, Nokia Siemens, Global Switch, Polaris Data Centre, IBM, VisionStream Australia, Madison Technologies, Optimal, OFS, 3M, TE Connectivity, Emerson Network Power, Service Stream, Syntheo, Lend Lease Group, Cisco, Verizon

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. The network plan
  • 2.1 Overall design and architecture
  • 2.2 The backhaul network
  • 2.3 Points-of-interconnect (POI) architecture
    • 2.3.1 ACCC revises list of POIs
• 3. External analysis of the Australian Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) architecture
• 4. nbn co contracts
  • 4.1 Defect-management solution from Geomatic Technologies
  • 4.2 Transit Network
  • 4.3 End-user equipment
  • 4.4 Network facilities Centres
  • 4.5 Contracts with Transfield and Service Stream
  • 4.6 Construction agreements for SA and NT
  • 4.7 Fibre-optic contracts
  • 4.8 Ericsson to build fixed wireless network
    • 4.8.1 Visionstream to construct the network
  • 4.9 Network Operations Centre for NBN
  • 4.10 contractors for first-build sites
  • 4.11 Nokia Siemens Networks selected for DWDM
  • 4.12 Data Centres
  • 4.13 IBM selected as systems integrator
  • 4.14 Site Management
• 5. other developments
  • 5.1 Internal IT systems
  • 5.2 Testing network design in first release sites
  • 5.3 Smart grids and the NBN
  • 5.4 Is it smart to build massive concrete poles before the NBN?
  • 5.5 The Optical Network Terminal (ONT)
  • 5.6 IPTV versus IPTV+RF
    • 5.6.1 Introduction
    • 5.6.2 Multicast facilities access products
    • 5.6.3 RF video over FttH
    • 5.6.4 IP multicasting
    • 5.6.5 Set-top boxes (STBs)
    • 5.6.6 Bright future for digital TV
• 6. FttH Greenfield Market (separate Report)
• 7. Related reports

• Exhibit 1 - Demo centre and demo truck