Agile Communications

Agile Communications

Infobox_Company
company_name = Agile Communications
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = technology understanding people
foundation = Adelaide, South Australia (1998)
location = Adelaide, South Australia
key_people = Simon Hackett, Founder
num_employees =
products = Broadband
Voice
revenue =
homepage = [http://www.agile.com.au/ www.agile.com.au] | industry = Telecommunications

Agile Communications is a licensed national telecommunications carrier based in South Australia and was the first South Australian based company to gain this license.Fact|date=September 2007

The company is a sister company to ISP Internode. The company was founded by Managing Director Simon Hackett and is based in Adelaide.

In May 2001, Agile built the Coorong Network, a microwave network interlinking Adelaide, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Binnies Hill, Tintinara and Meningie using Cisco based hardware. This network uses Cisco AS5400 Universal Port Hardware capable of VoIP and broadband from the same hardware.

In October 2003, Agile installed its own equipment in the Telstra exchange at Meningie, South Australia to provide ADSL to a town where Telstra was yet to provide broadband ADSL. This made it the first exchange in Australia where ADSL was available, but not through Telstra. [cite news |title=SA town gets broadband - without Telstra |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/03/1064988380807.html |publisher=The Age |date=2003-10-03 |accessdate=2006-12-11]

In late 2003, Agile began a rollout of a national network, an Optic Fibre based IP network running on STM-1 Packet over Sonet(POS) links to connect all Agile POPs across Australia. [cite news |title=Agile bid to join peering arrangements |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/17/1055615764087.html |publisher=The Age |date=2003-06-17 |accessdate=2006-12-11 ]

The national network currently extends to Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Canberra and Hobart. In 2005, Agile extended their national network to the US with points of presence in Los Angeles and San Jose. [cite web |url=http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_03-03.html?CMP=AF17154 |title=Internode Improves Business Connectivity Between Australia and United States |date=2005-03-03 |accessdate=2006-12-11 |publisher=Cisco Systems]

Currently Telstra (the dominant telecommunications provider in Australia) is delegating whether or not to implement a plan which would see FTTN (Fibre To The Node) become a reality. The dynamics of this proposal is such that it could render Internode's investment in its own equipment redundant. Internode along with other telecommunication providers are opposing this proposal. More recently however, Agile/Internode, along with certain other major telecommunications providers in Australia, notably Optus and Soul, have proposed a consortium-controlled FTTN network which would be co-managed with Telstra, providing ongoing fair wholesale network access with a wider coverage footprint than Telstra's metro-only plan.Fact|date=February 2007

In late 2006, Agile won a contract worth AU$3.5 million to deploy broadband infrastructure through much of the Mid North region of South Australia. [cite news |title= Internode broadband to rural SA rescue |author=Renai LeMay |publisher=ZDNet Australia |date=2006-11-13 |url=http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Internode_broadband_to_rural_SA_rescue/0,130061791,339272168,00.htm |accessdate=2006-12-11]

References

External links

* [http://www.agile.com.au Agile official Website]
* [http://www.agile.com.au/data/connectivity.htm Agile connectivity map]


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