Prysmian announced as nbn's 'Supplier of the Year'

The Prysmian Group, which manufactures and supplies optical ribbon to nbn’s national network, has been announced as Supplier of the Year for 2015 at nbn’s strategic supplier summit.

The company was also recently awarded exclusive supply of all of nbn’s copper cable requirements.

“We are particularly proud of this award as the cables we make for nbn are made here in Australia, in the Sydney suburb of Dee Why,” said Danny Doyle, Prysmian commercial manager telecom — Australia and New Zealand.

“It’s a truly outstanding achievement recognising the superlative contribution of many, many people in Prysmian.

“The nbn is Australia’s largest infrastructure project, and the companies involved in building it are the best in the world at what they do. It is from this field that Prysmian has won this award. We are simply delighted that our long-term strategy to manufacture locally continues to be of significant value to our customers.”

Prysmian’s first cable contract with nbn was awarded in 2011.

“It was our responsiveness to the ramp-up in 2014, our continuous support in research and development and the close working connection our Production and Commercial teams that have allowed us to react quickly to the increasing nbn rollout demands,” said Frederick Persson, Prysmian Australia CEO.

The company said next-generation networks (NGNs) are destined to become the infrastructure carrying the entire socio-economic system, as all services to citizens will be carried through the network, and predicts demand for high-quality optical fibre will grow in the next few years with the spread of NGNs.