The authorities Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has really approved a $33 million handle Optus for a dealt with network-as-a-service providing.
Under the three-year contract, Optus will present voice and data carriage and cellular options, together with SD-WAN and protected acquire entry to resolution aspect or SASE,
The provide notes a growth of a earlier contract in between Optus and Health, the place the telco supplied IPVPN, Microsoft Teams Operator Connect, and a few web options.
The settlement was sourced utilizing the Digital Transformation Agency’s telecoms trade panel and consists of a three-year enlargement alternative.
Optus included that the provide would definitely maintain Health’s steady digital enchancment.
These ideas have been described within the federal authorities’s National Digital Health Strategy 2023–2028 [pdf], which laid out the requirement for interoperable, data-driven and scalable fashionable know-how procedures inside the trade.
The provide adheres to Health’s present revival of its cloud plan with Amazon Web Services for a further 3 years, valued at $23 million.
