Verizon strikes NBN Enterprise Ethernet reseller deal

The local arm of US telco giant Verizon has signed a reseller deal with NBN Co to supply the National Broadband Network (NBN) builder’s Enterprise Ethernet offering to its local customer base. 

The move gives Verizon Australia’s local customers, the bulk of which are government entities and private sector enterprises, the ability to combine NBN Co’s business-oriented broadband product with Verizon’s own services, such as Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Virtual Network Services (VNS).

“This agreement provides choice and competition that hasn’t existed on this scale before. Businesses, particularly those outside of the major cities, deserve access to the globally recognised, best in class services and capabilities that Verizon offers,” Robert Le Busque, Verizon’s regional managing director in Australia, said. 

“A robust network is the backbone of any business, and particularly today, where digital business is the norm, and organisations are increasingly looking for scalable, flexible network capacity to support global growth. 

“Verizon is pleased to be able to present a compelling alternative to Australian enterprise and government businesses,” he added. 

For Verizon, the deal marks a new milestone in its 20-plus year history in Australia, which has seen the company named among the panellists on the australian Federal Government’s Whole-of-Government Telecommunications Services Panel. 

The move sees Verizon join a handful of existing NBN resellers, including Telstra, Vocus and TPG, already offering the Enterprise Ethernet product, which is aimed squarely at the high-margin business market. 

NBN Co launched the wholesale enterprise product, which offers symmetrical speeds of up to 1Gbps and premium customer service, in October last year. At the time, the network builder said that its Enterprise Ethernet connections are designed to be built on request and feature a point-to-point fibre connection.

“This wholesale product has been developed with the specific needs of global enterprise and government organisations in mind. It is capable of delivering the service required by businesses that use data-intensive applications such enterprise network systems and cloud-based solutions,” NBN Co chief customer officer for business Paul Tyler said at the time. 

At launch, the product was touted as being packaged with a premium service-level agreement between NBN Co and retail service providers (RSPs) to provide faster resolution of faults as well as to encourage RSPs to offer an increased service experience for mission-critical applications. 

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