Datum Wins Contract to Provide Digital Equipment to Australian Firm

Datum Inc. said Wednesday that it has received a multiyear contract to provide digital switching equipment to Telstra Corp., Australia’s government-owned telecommunications company.

Exact terms of the contract were not disclosed, but Datum Chairman Louis Horwitz said he anticipates a “multimillion-dollar deal.” Initial shipments valued at $840,000 will begin late in December.

Telstra will be using timing equipment manufactured by Anaheim-based Datum to upgrade the digital switching equipment of its fiber-optic network.