- 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 2007The company is a sister company to ISP Internode. The company was founded by Managing Director
Simon Hackett and is based inAdelaide .In May 2001, Agile built the Coorong Network, a
microwave network interlinkingAdelaide , Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Binnies Hill, Tintinara and Meningie using Cisco based hardware. This network uses Cisco AS5400 Universal Port Hardware capable ofVoIP andbroadband from the same hardware.In October 2003, Agile installed its own equipment in the
Telstra exchange at Meningie,South Australia to provideADSL to a town whereTelstra 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 andHobart . In 2005, Agile extended their national network to the US with points of presence inLos 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 seeFTTN (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, notablyOptus 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 2007In 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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