"There's an opportunity when you do that to blend IT and OSS/BSS systems together.

"We think we've now got the right answer. This will be a system in which we have fully integrated our ERP and OSS/BSS together.

"It should provide a very good result for our customers. Hopefully the transaction speeds will be very fast."

NBN Co head of corporate services and procurement, Kevin Brown, told that the support systems deployment would likely be a strain on the company's resources.

"This is going to be a very fast put it on the ground compared to most software projects," he said.