NBN Co awards contract to Berkeley Vale Company

NBN Co has selected Berkeley Vale company, TE Connectivity* to supply network connectivity products for its high-speed broadband rollout with a contract worth approximately $400 million over five years. The initial purchase commitment is for $100 million.

(*TE Connectivity was formerly Tyco Electronics, a company that acquired ADC KRONE in December 2010. The Berkeley Vale facility is their Asia Pacific centre of excellence and celebrated 25 years of Australian Manufacturing in 2009, combining world class manufacturing with award winning R&D & engineering teams. The facility specialises in the manufacture of 25-year warranted communications components utilizing rapid, high precision automated assembly, providing repeatable quality with minimal wastage.　 In addition the facility has in house Optic Fiber manufacture and termination capability, operating under Lean and Kanban philosophies, with ISO Management and Environmental accreditation.)

TE Connectivity will supply patch cords, feeder cables, drop cables, splice closures, multi-port terminals and other components needed to build the national broadband network (NBN).

The equipment will be used in NBN Co’s Second Release sites and subsequent national rollout. The contract win follows TE Connectivity’s and ADC’s successful supply of passive optical equipment in the First Release sites, currently well under construction.