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• NBN launches FTTN

  ​NBN has officially launched its commercial fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) technology as the next step in its overall multi-technology model (MTM).

• NBN exceeds targets for FY2015

  NBN today announced it had exceeded its targets for FY2015 by doubling the number of serviceable premises, the number of active end users, and telecommunications revenue in the 12 months to 30 June 2015.

• NBN declared global leader in wireless broadband

  Australians connected to the NBN fixed wireless network have access to faster speeds and substantially higher data allowances than anywhere else in the world, according to new research.

• Telstra to take wholesale price hit

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is eyeing a 9.6 per cent drop in prices that operators pay to use Telstra’s copper network to provide telecommunications services.
  

• NBN, Telstra seal network deal

  NBN will take ownership of Telstra’s copper and hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) cables to accelerate the rollout of the national broadband network after the competition watchdog gave final approval for the companies’ $11 billion deal.
  

• NBN signs new fixed-line network rollout contracts

  NBN has signed new construction contracts that it claimed will speed up the rollout of the National Broadband Network to another 4 million homes and businesses.
  

• NBN now reaching 899,000 premises

  NBN on Wednesday said 899,000 homes and businesses across Australia can now order national broadband network services and customers are waiting an average of 15 days for a service to be connected.
  

• NBN Co to expand rollout by 550,000

  NBN Co will begin rolling out the National Broadband Network to an additional 550,000 homes and businesses from September 2016, the company said in its latest quarterly update.
  

• NBN Co launches fibre-to-the-building services

  NBN Co on Tuesday announced the rollout of fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) technology to 6,000 homes and businesses in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
  

• NBN Co talks up potential of HFC, wireless

  NBN Co has talked up a planned increase to the maximum speed offered on the fixed wireless component of the National Broadband Network and the potential of the company's HFC network to hit gigabit speeds.

• Telstra to stay on course with new CEO

  Andrew Penn said to expect business as usual when he takes the reins of Telstra from departing CEO David Thodey on 1 May.

• 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 Co aims to serve 1 million premises by next July

  NBN Co aims to have National Broadband Network service available to about 1 million homes and businesses in financial-year 2014-15, up from 552,000 in FY 2013-14, CEO Bill Morrow said today as the company announced financial results for the 12-month period ended 30 June 2014.

• Former Telstra official slams Labor's NBN

  “NBN Co was not fit for purpose,” according to the Coalition government’s latest report on the National Broadband Network.

• NBN Co must pay out $200 million more to Telstra: NSW Supreme Court

  NBN Co will owe Telstra $200 million more than it expected over the next 30 years, unless it appeals a decision reached today by the NSW Supreme Court.