VicTrack Deploys ADVA FSP 3000 to Upgrade Australia’s Broadband Network

It’s announced that VicTrack is using its state-wide optical transmission infrastructure based on ADVA FSP 3000 technology to provide carrier-grade wholesale services for Australian broadband.

The flexible and fully redundant ROADM network enables VicTrack to easily share capacity.

With ADVA’s open optical transmission system, it provides VicTrack customers with non-regenerative optical services among the farthest areas of the state, enabling Australian broadband to obtain highly reliable connections throughout the Victoria region and metropolitan area.

VicTrack’s infrastructure is designed for high capacity and easy expansion, providing communication service providers (CSPs) with unique opportunities to reach new customers.

Andrew Peel, Group Manager of VicTrack Business and Telecommunications Group, said: “Let Aussie Broadband connect with customers across Victoria and show how we can use the excess capacity of the Transportation and Government Security Network (TGSN).

In addition to supporting mission-critical railway operations and providing In addition to providing high-performance communications networks in our state, TGSN has also driven new revenues and brought a lot of new services to end users.

Our excess capacity now allows us to provide national broadband network services across the state. With its reliability , flexibility and speed, our network will become the key to helping CSPs cope with the challenges of ever-increasing data demands and creating more value for families and businesses.”

As part of the fiber sharing agreement with Aussie Broadband, VicTrack provides access to its next-generation optical network. Utilizing the capabilities of the VicTrack network enables Aussie Broadband to introduce new products to more customers, including increasing its commercial fiber optic services in Victoria.

The agreement will also help it save resources for use in other states. VicTrack’s TGSN is a 45-node mesh ROADM network built on ADVA’s FSP 3000 platform.

Managed by the Ensemble Controller service management solution, it provides a flexible combination of 10Gbit/s and 100Gbit/s services and any connection to achieve seamless, simple and secure communication.

Erik Lindberg, Vice President of Sales, ADVA Asia Pacific, said: “By leveraging our open optical network technology, VicTrack has created valuable regional resources.

It now has a large-capacity transportation system with a unique geographic footprint that can easily communicate with Australia.

This means a lot of new wholesale opportunities for them, and a major boost for businesses and households in Victoria. Our FSP 3000 technology provides the highest level of efficiency, ultimate flexibility and future-orientated scale.

Now, it enables VicTrack to meet changing network needs while also establishing partnerships that will benefit all of Southern Australia.”