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We’re postponing the launch of 3rd Generation ONT to 18 March

As you know, we planned to start using the new 3rd Generation ONT from Monday 4 March.
 

We have decided to postpone the introduction of our new 3rd Generation ONT to Monday 18 March to allow further time for operational readiness and service testing across the industry.
 

Please note that this change can be absorbed within our current stocks of 2nd Generation ONTs but further postponement is not feasible.
 

3rd Generation ONT roll out

We’ll begin the rollout from Palmerston North on Monday 18 March. We’ll be using a geographic rollout model in order to give us time to resolve any issues that may come up in mass production roll out.

 

Week

Week beginning

Area transitioned

1

18 March

Palmerston North

2

25 March

Remainder of Manawatu Region

3

1 April

Central North Island

4

8 April

Wellington - 7 week hold period to consume 2nd Generation ONTs or to resolve any post-deployment issues. Subject to change based on actual consumption and stock levels.

5

15 April

6

22 April

7

29 April

8

6 May

9

13 May

10

20 May

11

27 May

Lower South, West Coast, South Auckland (CSA07)

12

3 June

13

10 June

Mid South, Upper South, Central Auckland (CSA08)

14

17 June

North Auckland (CSA09), Northland (CSA10)

15

24 June

We recommend that any changes required in your voice configuration systems need to be tested and in place before the new rollout date of 18 March. If you no longer provision new customers with this NGA voice solution, but have some customers in the network that have voice through the ATA on the existing ONT; then you may want to consider making these ACS changes too as we may have to swap the ONT to a 3rd Generation ONT in a fault scenario.

 

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