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• Quigley says decision to split with NBN Co was mutual

  Departing NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley said he has no hard feelings about the political vitriol surrounding the high-speed network he was tasked.

• NBN Co boss quits

  NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley has quit his post, announcing on Friday that he will retire from corporate life after four years at the helm of the organisation.

• 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.

• Shortage in NBN apartment cablers: recruiter

  A recruitment firm for the National Broadband Network (NBN) said there is a shortage of cablers to connect apartments to the network.

• Syntheo not off the hook after playing hooky

  The Joint Commitee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) is likely to ask Syntheo to front up to another hearing after the construction company failed to appear before the committee on Friday, said independent MP Rob Oakeshott.

• NBN Co slashes June target again, adds three-month delay

  NBN Co has further slashed its June target for premises passed from 286,000 to as few as 190,000.

• NBN Co's CEO calls for a study into broadband technologies

  NBN Co’s CEO Mike Quigley has called for a study from the Communications Alliance to decide what is the best technology to use to roll out high-speed broadband across Australia.

• Downer EDI Engineering to help build NBN in northern NSW

  NBN Co has awarded Downer EDI Engineering a $94 million, two-year contract to provide additional construction capacity for the NBN rollout in northern NSW.
  

• NBN Co pulls in more resources to meet June target

  NBN Co will need to dramatically ramp up construction of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in order to reach its target of passing 286,000 premises by June 2013.

• NBN Co submits special access undertaking to ACCC

  An NBN Co special access undertaking (SAU) has been submitted to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which guarantees fixed wholesale prices for the next five years to service providers.

• Bunya Estate switches on NBN access

  NBN Co has cut the ribbon on the first new housing development to receive National Broadband Network (NBN) access -- the Bunya Estate in Doonside, Sydney.

• NBN costs 'thousands less' than today's fibre: Quigley

  At the launch of the next trial site of the National Broadband Network in Kiama, NSW today, NBN Co chief Mike Quigley said concerns about pricing for Internet access are unfounded as fibre connections cost "thousands" already.

• In brief: NBN Co refutes 'Evil' hack allegations

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has responded to media reports this week that the telco's network was compromised.

• Gillard praises home work options at NBN launch

  The NBN will enable more people to "work where they live", according to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who attended the opening of the NBN Co network on the mainland in Armidale today where the home work possibilities were showcased at length.

• Quigley denies construction tender was flawed

  The company charged with the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN Co, has denied its original construction tender process was flawed to begin with and ultimately resulting in the suspension of its procurement process, stranding 14 bidders.