The government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has actually authorized a $33 million manage Optus for a handled network-as-a-service offering.
Under the three-year contract, Optus will provide voice and information carriage and mobile solutions, along with SD-WAN and safe gain access to solution side or SASE,
The offer notes a development of a previous contract in between Optus and Health, where the telco provided IPVPN, Microsoft Teams Operator Connect, and some net solutions.
The agreement was sourced using the Digital Transformation Agency’s telecoms industry panel and consists of a three-year expansion choice.
Optus included that the offer would certainly sustain Health’s continuous electronic improvement.
These concepts were described in the federal government’s National Digital Health Strategy 2023–2028 [pdf], which laid out the requirement for interoperable, data-driven and scalable modern technology procedures within the industry.
The offer adheres to Health’s current revival of its cloud plan with Amazon Web Services for an additional 3 years, valued at $23 million.
