Australia-based telecom company Optus has awarded a contract to Huawei Technologies to support the development of its own fixed line broadband network.

Australia-based telecom company Optus has awarded a contract A to Huawei Technologies to support the development of its own fixed line broadband network. Huawei is to provide DSL-based access equipment for high speed data, voice, video multicasting and business services. Optus is likely to spend about $100 million initially on the network.