Privately-held FX Networks has added 530km of new fibre over the past six months as part of a project that took the government's "Karen" education network to five more cities: Nelson, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru and Dunedin In June, FX w
Privately-held FX Networks has added 530km of new fibre over the past six months as part of a project that took the government's "Karen" education network to five more cities: Nelson, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru and Dunedin
In June, FX was awarded the national connectivity contract for Karen.
A new NZ land speed record for rolling out the next generation network was achieved, the Wellington company claims.
As part of the rollout, FX added 530km of mainly rural fibre in six months. The project was on time and under budget, the company said.
In the final stages of the project fibre was being ‘spliced’ together at a rate of 1 new fibre per minute on average.
More than 20 fibre crews were deployed on the project, and 19 multi-gigabit Lightpaths were provisioned around the network in a matter of weeks.
Possibly with an eye on the government's upcoming $300 million rural broadband tender (for which it has been in talks with the Regional Fibre Group), FX networks emphasised last night that the project also turned on its close ties with urban fibre partners Citylink, Enable, Flute, Network Tasman, Inspired Networks, Unison and Electricity Ashburton. Vector Communications, Alpine Energy and Network Waitaki.
As a result of this build, and thanks to the Karen investment, the FX Network is now live in 5 new cities – Nelson, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru and Dunedin potentially reaching into another 20,000 businesses in the South Island via Local Fibre Companies and wholesale relationships with companies including Telecom NZ.
FX is based in Wellington, with offices in Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga, Napier and Christchurch. An office will be opening in Dunedin shortly.
It owns a backhaul network in the North Island and parts of the South Island.
The company is privately owned and funded, with 30 percent equity held by New Zealanders.
