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July 12, 2004 - Wave7 Optics Wins FTTP Contract in Australia
Award-Winning “Last Mile Link” System to Provide Variety of
High-Bandwidth Optical Broadband Services in Queensland Community
Atlanta, GA / Brisbane, QLD – July 12. 2004 – Wave7 Optics announced today that
they, in conjunction with Delfcam, the network installer and operator, have won
the contract to install a FTTP (fiber-to-the-premises) network in the
prestigious Sanctuary Cove residential development, on Australia’s Gold Coast,
45 minutes from Brisbane. The two companies expect to connect more than 1500
homes by the end of 2006. The initial phase, which has already begun, consists
of 130 homes.
Sanctuary Cove, a Mulpha Australia Limited project, will be one of first
Australian developments of its kind to provide FTTP-based services and will use
the Last Mile Link to offer: digital video including local over-the-air, cable
and satellite television channels, video-on-demand services, wi-fi hotspots, the
highest-speed Internet service in the country, multiple telephone lines per
residence, a community intercom and security system featuring closed-circuit
television and gate access control, and home automation services.
"We were impressed by the team of Delfcam, Wave7 Optics and Sanctuary Cove’s
consultants, RightICT, who were able to configure the network at an economical
$1950 AUD [approximately $1500 US] per home,” said Geoff Grady, Chief Executive
Officer, Sanctuary Cove. “Furthermore, the service capabilities of the Last Mile
Link are simply stunning. One of the most attractive aspects of the Last Mile
link is the capability to provide an up to 500 Mbs symmetrical service, which
gives us ‘future-proof’ peace of mind. We feel the Last Mile Link will make the
finest development in Australia that much more attractive."
“We are pleased to announce our first customer in Australia and look forward to
working with our Australian partners on this project and working on other
projects in Australia and New Zealand,” said Emmanuel Vella, Chief Marketing
Officer of Wave7 Optics. “The Last Mile Link is well-suited for this type of
deployment as it has a low ‘first cost’ of deployment, integrates well with
legacy systems and offers easy scalability to accommodate future subscribers.”
For instance, in this case, RightICT (independent information, communications
and technology advisors and engineers) had to design an integrated network that
not only delivered television, high speed Ethernet and voice services to the new
homes in the community, but one that could also supplement the community
television system in the existing homes to deliver high speed Internet and voice
services.
“After evaluation multiple proposals, we chose Wave 7 Optics as the most
flexible and cost effective solution,” said Chris McKechie of RightICT. “The
Last Mile Link is flexible in its gateways and architecture, allowing us to
design solutions to fit our client’s requirements. The capabilities of this
single-fiber system to deliver carrier grade voice services, 100 megabits high
speed data to each home and full spectrum cable television mean that there is no
requirement to have twisted pair or any other carrier infrastructure to the
homes. This technology provides future proofing for the community, which must be
available as demand grows for communications services and new applications.”
About Sanctuary Cove (Mulpha)
Established in 1988, Sanctuary Cove is Australia’s first fully integrated
residential resort. Boasting more than 1700 homesites (approximately 50 per cent
developed), Sanctuary Cove’s world class facilities include: two championship
golf courses, Rec Club, private Country Club, 297-berth Marina, Marine Village,
featuring more than 80 specialty tenants and the five star Hyatt Regency
Sanctuary Cove. Mulpha Australia purchased Sanctuary Cove in January 2002.
About Right ICT
RightICT is a truly independent specialist advisor on information,
communications and technology (“ICT”) systems, services and rights.
RightICT bring together a highly experienced team of communications, electrical,
electronic and software engineers, information technology professionals,
specialist lawyers and project managers to answer the challenges that dynamic
ICT presents to their clients. Their services are truly unique because it is a
seamless integration of what would otherwise be separately organized traditional
engineering, legal and technical skills and services. That integration saves
time and money and shares vital corporate, industry and market knowledge
throughout their client service team. Additional information is available by
contacting Chris McKechie at chris@rightict.com.au
About Wave7 Optics
Wave7 Optics, Inc. is a market leader in the fiber-to-the-home and -business (FTTX)
optical access market. The company's Last Mile Link optical access system
effectively overcomes the cost and implementation barriers that have to date
stymied the deployment of FTTX systems. Wave7’s Last Mile Core transport and
Last Mile Gateway subscriber premises products provide advanced “carrier class”
QoS and Layer 3 intelligence at the network edge.
For more information please contact emmanuel.vella@w7optics.com.
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