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• Vocus' Perth to Singapore submarine cable laying commences

  The laying of Vocus’ 4,600km submarine cable system which will run from Perth to Singapore via Jakarta, Indonesia, and Christmas Island has begun.

• NBN Co chief expects Telstra, Optus talks to end in 2014

  National Broadband Network negotiations with Telstra are on the “home stretch” and could be submitted for government approval by the end of the year, NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow has said.

• NBN ready for service at 658,000 premises: NBN Co

  NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow has offered a rosy take on the state of the National Broadband Network.

• NBN Co to test Aurora fibre plan in Tasmania

  NBN Co will soon trial a proposal by Aurora in Tasmania to string fibre along power lines to reach homes, according to NBN Co chairman Ziggy Switkowski.

• Contractors urge NBN Co to 'honour promise' on rollout

  The Civil Contractors Federation of Tasmania has sent a stern message to NBN Co urging the company to continue with the National Broadband Network rollout as originally planned.

• Turnbull reiterates need for NBN Co transparency

  The Coalition government has refuted parts of an NBN Co annual report tabled in Parliament today.

• NBN Co downgrades 2014 target as Turnbull commences revamp

  The NBN Co has proposed to cut in half its most recent target forecast for premises past by 30 June next year, communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has revealed.

• TPG to acquire fibre on Australia-US undersea cable

  Australian ISP TPG plans to acquire fibre capacity on Hawaiki Cable Limited’s Australia to US undersea cable.

• NBN Co meets reduced target for network rollout

  NBN Co has passed 207,500 premises with fibre as of 30 June, meeting the company’s revised end-of-financial-year target of 190,000 to 220,000.

• Vocus Communications reports 40 per cent revenue jump

  Telecommunications and data centre provider Vocus Communications (ASX: VOC) has posted half year revenue of $30.6 million, driven largely by sales of its fibre network and data centre services.

• Telstra begins restoring triple zero services in Qld

  Telstra has completed repairs to a damaged redundant inland fibre cable near Harlin in Kingaroy, restoring emergency triple zero services.

• 9000 premises switched on to the NBN

  Four more areas across Australia can now switch on to the National Broadband Network (NBN), with around 9000 premises now able to sign up for NBN services.

• iiNet: we have more fibre customers than the NBN

  iiNet has boasted it now has more customers connected to its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network than NBN Co has connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• First NBN fibre laid in Goodna, QLD

  The first fibre for the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Goodna, Queensland, has been hauled, with residents to be switched on to the network from early next year.

• OPEL would be serving bush broadband today: Turnbull

  Federal opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has used his National Press Club address to argue the decision to scrap the Howard government’s OPEL network for an NBN has denied the bush broadband services over the past three years.