Victoria continues to position itself as the center of Australia's future in broadband. The state will host the collaboration between Huawei, the Chinese networking and telecommunications vendor, and RMIT University in training about 500 Australians in networking technologies over the next three years.

The company adds that it may also train 1500 more students in Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technologies through its agreements with other universities in Australia. RMIT classrooms will have Huawei equipment. Also, the Chinese company will provide staff to assist with training.

In a statement, John Lenders, Victoria's minister for information and communication technology, says that the announcement is just the first of many expected since the state was name the site of the network operations center (NOC) for the roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN).

"Huawei has chosen Victoria as its training base and RMIT University as its lead university to drive its entry into the next generation broadband market, training 1000 students nationally - including 500 in Victoria - over the next three year. A major part of the centre's function will be training people across the ICT industry on next-generation technology, with a particular focus on products and hardware for the NBN," Lenders said.

The new facility will also serve as Chinese company's regional training centre for its staff.