Monday, July 16, 2012

NBN Co inks deal with ViaSat for supply of ground equipment for satellite network

NBN Co, the public-private company overseeing the construction and management of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), has revealed that it has selected US-based ViaSat to provide ground equipment for the NBN's Long Term Satellite Service (LTSS). In a deal worth an estimated AUD280 million (USD286 million), ViaSat has been contracted to manufacture and supply equipment including: the large satellite dishes that will be located at NBN Co's ten ground stations; household satellite dishes and other receiving and transmitting equipment; and technology to be installed in NBN Co's data centres to manage the integration of the satellite service with the rest of the in-deployment fibre network


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OVETEL NBN Co inks deal with ViaSat for supply of ground equipment for satellite network

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