Australian fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) provider OptiComm has deployed Brocade NetIron MLX, CER and CES routers.
The Brocade platform has enabled OptiComm to utilize multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) as a key technology for increasing network flexibility, scalability and manageability.
Besides the owner of the National Broadband Network, NBN Co, OptiComm is the largest provider of FTTP in Australia with more than 70 projects under development and contracts to deliver services to over 170,000 lots in residential and business precincts.
“The deployment of the new Brocade infrastructure is key to our strategy for constantly improving our delivery of products to customers,” said Phil Smith, OptiComm’s Chief Regulatory Officer.
OptiComm is running MPLS to network edge devices and have it interfaced to its passive optical network connected to customers’ premises. This enables FTTP provider to carry multiple types of network service.
OptiComm has protected its existing investment in Brocade routers by redeploying existing Brocade NetIron CER 2000 routers as MPLS network edge devices, ensuring return on investment.
Smith says an alternative offering proposed by another vendor would have cost OptiComm approximately 30 times as much per site.
