Primus Telecom Secures 3-Year Deal to Provide Data Network for Australian Red Cross

PTGi, Primus Telecommunications Group PTGI, announced today that Primus Telecom has signed a three year deal to provide Australian Red Cross a data network solution to its network of branch offices and other sites across Australia. The agreement will see Primus delivering service to 83 sites initially with potential for up to a further 180 sites to come online. Primus anticipates some of these additional sites to come online in 2012 and expects the deal value to ultimately exceed $1 million. Primus has designed a fully managed Private IP Network (PIPN) for Australian Red Cross, which will include a meshed MPLS network core, capable of integrating voice, data and video traffic on a single platform. The PIPN will ensure that in the event of natural disaster, the network's bandwidth can be rapidly increased to support Australian Red Cross requirements. The solution will support both 'Open Shortest Path First' and 'Border Gateway' protocols, and provides 50Mbps internet bandwidth with an unlimited data plan.