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Australia Vol1 No.3 2006
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A Word from

Bob Fitzgerald
W
e’ve been working hard really over the past 6 months with our
channel partners to find ways of better serving our customers.
We are pleased with the results and we believe that we are now
much more responsive to our customers needs and easier to deal
with. One visible result will be a better point of sales presence
throughout our Distributor’s branches. Also, the new structure of
our sales team means that we can now offer a higher level of service
to our channel partners through a focused effort.
I’m pleased to report that the newly developed Australian
Category 6 Leadframe jack solutions have been readily accepted by
the UK market, opening up a new export opportunity. The volume
of this award-winning product continues to grow as it becomes the

market’s desired technology, replacing traditional printed circuit
board based products.
Whilst we continue to expand globally, we remain committed
to the Australian and New Zealand markets. Our Berkeley Vale
development and manufacturing facility is the operations flagship
for the Australia/NZ region and significant in Asia Pacific. Being a
local manufacturer enables us to be highly responsive and able to
meet specific customer needs like no other vendor. A great recent
example was when a major Australian telecommunications carrier
required a configured cross-connect product for a major network
project. Our engineers were able to turn around the solution in a
very short time with a brand new product meeting the stringent
“carrier class” quality that our customer demanded.
We are always striving to achieve improved customer service,
ensuring that there are no delivery issues or stock problems for our
customers. I’m pleased to say that last month we had zero shipping
errors in a record shipping month, well done to our Warehouse and
Customer Service teams.
ADC KRONE has continued to thrive over the last quarter and I look
forward to strong growth and performance for the rest of the year.
Sincerely
Bob Fitzgerald
VP & Regional Director
Asia Pacific Region
ADC KRONE News
8 TrueNet
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CopperTen
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Customer Stories
4 Verdict is positive for High Court network
9 Penrith Panthers Score with ADC KRONE
14 Fisher & Paykel’s new cabling solution
for global HQ
Technical Articles
3 The Converged Enterprise
7 10 Gigabit Ethernet update
12 Optical Fibre Testing for Enterprise
Installations
Editor: Sarah Bishop
Art Direction: Nora Collins
Website: adckrone.com/au
Copyright © 2006 ADC Communications (Australia) Pty. Limited
Contents
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ST R U C TU R E D
C A BLIN G
W I R E LESS
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The Converged
Enterprise
What it means to your business
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our business runs on information. From voice to data,
Gigabit links to video, and wired to wireless services, the

variety of communications options is growing along with
complexity, redundancy, and cost. What is the best way to
deal with the need for ever increasing bandwidth? You need
to create a Converged Enterprise network.
WHAT IS CONVERGENCE?
Telecommunications Service Providers are already recognising
the value of convergence in their business models. By
bundling voice, data, and video into a “triple play” of
services, they are realising economies of scale and simplifying
operations for themselves and their customers. Businesses
can also realise the full benefits of convergence: savings,
simplification, and flexibility. The fully converged enterprise
integrates wired and wireless services to support voice, data,
and video from the data centre all the way to both desktops
and mobile users.
NEW APPLICATIONS DEMAND A
CONVERGED ENTERPRISE
A truly converged enterprise network will transport any
content, across any medium, anywhere in the world, at any
time. Converged networks supply the solution for high-
bandwidth applications that need mobility, and mobile
applications that need higher bandwidth. New applications
which require a converged enterprise network include:
• Mobile users and wireless applications
• Smart building services
• Data storage and security
• Video applications and 3D modelling
• Centralised communications management
• RFID (radio frequency ID) tracking of material
• IP- based factory floor and more……

COST CONTROL AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
The benefits of enterprise convergence can be immediate
and substantial. Converged organisations gain economies of
scale and expand available bandwidth while lowering cost.
Converged infrastructure will be more secure, more
manageable, and flexible enough to handle changes in
technology, business climate, and corporate goals. Most
importantly, convergence will be a powerful competitive
tool, enabling an organisation to synchronise tactics with
strategy and expedite communications both within and
beyond the organisation.
UNCOMPLICATING CONVERGENCE
With decades of experience in voice, data, video, wireline,
and wireless communications, ADC KRONE is where
Enterprises and Service Providers turn for converged products
and services. Over 80% of the voice, video, and data traffic
in North America is transported over ADC KRONE network
infrastructure products. Please contact my ADC KRONE
team to explore the ways you can use convergence to your
advantage in your business.
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ADC KRONE is here to help you build your
New Network in New Ways.
Networking Thoughts from:
Bob Switz, ADC President and CEO
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VERDICT IS POSITIVE FOR


High Court

Network
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ustralia’s High Court installs ADC KRONE
fibre and copper cabling to enable most
advanced courtrooms in Australia.
The High Court of Australia is the highest court
in the Australian judicial system. It was established
in 1901 to interpret and apply the law of Australia,
to decide cases of special federal significance and
to hear appeals, by special leave, from Federal,
State and Territory courts.
The seat of the High Court is in Canberra,
where it is located in its own building within
the Parliamentary Triangle. The 40-metre tall
High Court building is one of Australia’s National
Buildings and also one of Canberra’s major tourist
attractions. The building houses three courtrooms,
Justices’ chambers, and the Court’s main registry,
library, and corporate services facilities.
The High Court frequently hears applications
for special leave to appeal by video link with
Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. This method of
hearing, introduced in 1989 to save litigants
the cost of flying their counsel to Canberra, is
becoming more and more popular.

CHALLENGE
In early 2004, the High Court decided to replace
its 1980s analogue video and audio systems with
a new, state-of-the-art digital video, audio and
data network. Dubbed the “Black Box Project”,
the new fibre optic network would involve more
than 3,000 fibre terminations and result in the
most advanced courtrooms in Australia and
possibly the world.
The High Court building had not been designed
with network cabling in mind. Courtrooms are
located on one side of the building with computer
and court monitoring rooms 50 metres away on
the other side. There was no allowance within
the building for cabling reticulation apart from
telephone cabling that was embedded in concrete.
By Norm Kennedy,
ACT Sales Manager
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Therefore, to install the cabling, pathways would

have to be designed and created, courtroom
carpets would need to be removed and judges’
benches would have to be modified. It was
essential to the High Court that the cabling they
installed would provide support for current and
future video, data and audio applications to avoid
such upheaval in the future.
For this unique project, the High Court relied
upon a team of IT specialists including Intravision,
a communications company specialising in
data, voice, fibre, MATV, CCTV and broadband
technologies.
GOALS
The Black Box Project was incredibly large and
complex so the High Court’s goals were stated
clearly at the outset:
1. To successfully install the necessary hardware
and systems to create a digital video, audio
and data network;
2. To achieve effective recording of court
sittings;
3. To implement effective video and video-
conferencing services;
4. To ensure the technology remains invisible
within the courtrooms;
5. To minimise the impact on clients during the
project.
It was important to the High Court that the
infrastructure be future-proof to avoid having to
upgrade again too soon. It was also essential to

protect the investment so that cables and other
equipment could not be damaged accidentally.
For Intravision, achieving the High Court’s goals
meant they would need to:
1. Completely refurbish the court reporting
monitoring and transcription rooms;
2. Install a structured cabling system connecting
the courts and court reporting areas;
3. Install all equipment in court reporting,
computer room, courtrooms and court rack
areas while keeping all technology invisible;
4. Implement control and management
systems.
This Page:
Top: Video Switching
Room.
Left: Heath Mackey,
High Court and Grant
Bawden, Intravision
examine the under-
floor cabling.
Far Left: Control and
Video Link Cupboard.
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“We had our work cut out for us on this
project, as we would be working in a heritage-

listed building,” explains Grant Bawden, technical
services manager, Intravision. “This required
innovative design and meant that we needed
to be flexible in how we physically planned the
network. We also needed to use the latest video,
audio and data products.”
SOLUTION
One year prior to the Black Box project, the High
Court had reviewed its existing cabling system.
The previous system used a variety of different
cabling products. A combination of the
components and the installation practices used
meant the network experienced a number of
performance issues. To solve those issues, the
High Court installed ADC KRONE’s Category 6
copper cabling. The benefits were immediate and
all issues were resolved once the network had
migrated to the ADC KRONE cabling.
So, when it came time to choose a cabling
system for the Black Box project, the High Court’s
decision was clear. They chose ADC KRONE’s new
50µm multimode fibre because it offers three
times the bandwidth of standard 62.5µm fibre
and supports the maximum bandwidth for the
entire 50 metres separating the courtrooms and
computer rooms. It would also allow the High
Court to extend the existing ADC KRONE 20-year
system warranty to cover the new system. This
would guarantee the system’s performance well
into the future when higher demands are placed

upon it.
“Having one complete system from one vendor,
supported by Intravision, provides the High
Court with confidence that the complete court
monitoring system will perform when the biggest
decisions in the country are made,” says Grant.
INSTALLATION
Due to the size and scope of the project, Intravision
experienced a number of challenges during the
installation process. Chiefly, the building’s design
allowed limited access for cabling, the building
documentation was not exhaustive, and there
were extensive areas of solid concrete.
“We based our outputs on a logical rather
than firm technical design,” explains Grant. “We
needed to give significant thought to developing
cable routes to overcome the building’s physical
limitations.”
RESULTS
As expected, the Black Box Project has delivered
the most advanced infrastructure for court
reporting and video conferencing in the world.
“Replacing 1980s audio and video analogue
technology with current digital audio, video and
data technologies – in a heritage listed building
– while hiding the installation, was a very difficult
task,” says Grant. “We achieved the ideal outcome
thanks to the skills of the team involved and to
the superior quality of the solutions chosen. The
ADC KRONE products delivered the functionality

and performance we were looking for and we
managed to meet and exceed the original project
goals.”
The project subsequently was submitted for and
won a National Electrical and Communications
(NECA) 2005 Excellence Award.
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“We needed to give significant thought to
developing cable routes to overcome the
building’s physical limitations.”

Norm Kennedy, ADC
KRONE with Tony Martin
and Heath Mackey from
the High Court.