Melbourne, Australia, September 8, 2005
PRIMUS TELECOM BROADBAND NETWORK ROLLOUT GAINING MOMENTUM
Over 100 exchanges commissioned across Australia
Melbourne, Australia, September 8, 2005 - Primus Telecom has completed the installation of new state-of-the-art DSL infrastructure in over 100 telephone exchanges across Australia and is on track to commission approximately 200 exchanges by the end of this year.
The deployment of the DSL technology in exchanges nationwide will deliver faster and better services for customers, and reduced dependence on Telstra wholesale services.
Primus Telecom’s DSLAM installation program, costing more than $20 million, is the only roll out of its kind, and entails both fixed line and Internet customers being migrated across to the Primus network. More than 25,000 telephone line and Internet services have now been fully migrated to the Primus network.
The DSLAM deployment covers an extensive customer footprint, with facilities in all the mainland State capitals as well as in major regional areas. Primus already has its own DSL infrastructure installed in all the mainland State capitals to service the corporate market.
Primus Telecom Managing Director, Greg Wilson said: “The deployment of this new DSL network is going extremely well and I am pleased that we now have thousands of customers who have already migrated across to our own dedicated network.
“By having our own network, we will be able to provide a greater choice of services and pricing options, while giving us the ability to better manage our customers’ communications needs”.
The upgrade will accommodate latest broadband technologies including ADSL2+ platforms, meaning that customers will be able to receive voice, high-speed Internet and data services and new interactive services including video on demand.
Primus Telecom is one of the first carriers in the world to deploy “triple play” DSL technology, using the Marconi Access Hub DSLAM platform, which enables carriers to create unique products and differentiate its services in the broadband access and services market. The Access Hub allows carriers to offer voice, video and data services from a single platform.
The full list of exchanges which have been commissioned is as follows:
NSW
North Sydney, Newtown, Waverley, East, Glebe, St Leonards, Chatswood, Blacktown, Wetherill Park, Miranda, Petersham, Edgecliff, Carramar, Cremorne, Five Dock, Mosman, Parramatta, Haymarket, Hurstville, Lane Cove, Dalley, Mascot, North Parramatta, Ashfield, Lakemba, Dee Why, Castle Hill, City South, Bondi, Balmain, Redfren, Rockdale, Campbelltown.
VICTORIA
Batman, South Yarra, Collingwood, Northcote, Footscray, Richmond, Toorak, South Melbourne, Tullamarine, Brunswick, Cheltenham, Dandenong, Box Hill, Ascot Vale, Canterbury, Lonsdale, Newport, North Melbourne, St Kilda, Wheeler’s Hill, Flemington, Bayswater, Oakleigh, Camberwell, Malvern, Clayton, Windsor, Moreland, Thornbury, Highett, Coburg.
QUEENSLAND
Paddington, Southport, Surfers Paradise, Merrimac, Bulimba, Mount Gravatt, Woolongabba, Sherwood, Slacks Creek, South Brisbane, Beenleigh, Eight Mile Plains, Toowong.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Salisbury, Prospect, Gepps Cross, West Adelaide, Woodville.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Double View, Marylands, Hamersley, Cannington, Mount Hawthorn, Victoria Park, Subiaco, Bulwer, Bassendeen, Fremantle, Maddington, Morley, Tuart Hill, Rockingham, Hilton, Canning Vale, Wellington, Batemam.
About Primus Telecom
Primus Telecom is Australia’s fourth largest fixed-line telecommunications carrier. The Company offers a comprehensive range of voice, data, Internet and web hosting products, servicing both residential and business sectors. The Primus network offers nationwide coverage through its own backbone network with facilities in 66 cities across Australia. The network enables the Company to provide nationwide long distance services and local call Internet access. Primus operates its own fibre network in the five major capital cities, delivering a range of business direct-connect services including ISDN, frame relay, ATM, telephone line and Broadband DSL, as well as telephone line and broadband DSL services direct to residential customers. Global connectivity is provided through an extensive voice, IP, wireless and ATM network operated by the parent company, United States-based Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (NASDAQ: PRTL). Primus Australia news and information are available at the Company's Web site at www.primus.com.au