Optus - Uecomm Limited

Synopsis

Uecomm is a high bandwidth data specialist providing dark fibre services and converged solutions such as VoIP. The carrier is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Optus. Uecomm operates as a fibre broadband carrier delivering data and Internet services to corporates and government departments. It also provides wholesale bandwidth to other telecommunications carriers and service providers – it leases wholesale capacity over networks in Perth, Adelaide and Canberra. Uecomm owns and operates local access fibre optic networks in CBD and metropolitan Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast. Agreements are also in place to deliver data connectivity internationally. Uecomm is upgrading on its core network, systems and processes towards full carrier-grade Ethernet which will support triple-play services for the corporate market. Please note that this report contains some out-of-date material, which will be updated shortly.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
• 3. Major contracts
  • 3.1 Rio Doce Australia
  • 3.2 Centrelink
  • 3.3 Toyota
  • 3.4 Kent Transport Industries
  • 3.5 Strategic alliances
    • 3.5.1 Partnership with Getronics
    • 3.5.2 Partnership with BroadIP
  • 3.6 Financial results – historical only
• 4. Network
  • 4.1 Fibre network and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
  • 4.2 SDH network
  • 4.3 ATM network
  • 4.4 Gigabyte Ethernet (GbE) and IP network
  • 4.5 Uecomm pursues carrier-grade Ethernet network upgrade – March 2007
• 5. Products and services
• 6. Company history
• 7. Related reports