tls fttn

Wonder who the suppliers are?

DJ Telstra Locks In Suppliers For High Speed Network - Report

2007-06-03 22:40



SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australia's Telstra Corp. (TLS) has locked in major suppliers to build a A$4 billion high-speed broadband network as it seeks to seize the initiative to roll out a network ahead of the Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Z74.SG)-led consortium, the Australian Financial Review reported Monday.

The group will also release details of the prices it will charge other telecommunications groups to use the fiber-to-the-node network it plans to build.

The report said Telstra Chief Executive Solomon Trujillo confirmed the board has signed off on the broadband spend.



Newspaper Web site: http://www.afr.com



-By Sydney bureau; 61-2-8235-2950; [email protected]

-Edited by Paul Godby



(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 03, 2007 18:40 ET (22:40 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.