NBN Co has contracted Fujitsu Australia as its prime alliance partner to deliver fibre infrastructure to New Developments. Fujitsu will manage the design, construction and associated works for the deployment of fibre to new developments, with the initial value estimated at over $100M for the first 12 months.

NBN Co said Fujitsu has the capacity and scale of operations to meet NBN Co’s unique requirement for the deployment of fibre to a large number of discrete locations across the country simultaneously.

“Fujitsu, and their construction partner ServiceStream, will provide a managed service including network design, construction and installation works in new developments, working alongside NBN Co’s operations team to integrate with our business and operating systems,” NBN Co CEO, Mike Quigley said.

“Since 1 January 2011 NBN Co has received more than 1,480 applications from developers of new estates, representing approximately 133,000 premises to be connected across Australia.

“These applications are submitted for individual stages of developments, but due to different construction timeframes and housing demand, fibre deployment will be spread over a period of up to three years. NBN Co will work with developers to deploy fibre as and when it is needed,” he said.

As the third largest ICT provider in the region, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand employ more than 5,000 people across the Tasman and has regional offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Auckland and Wellington. The awarding of the contract followed an extensive procurement process that started with requests for tenders in December 2010.