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• NBN Co unveils its gigabit-capable tech for FTTC

  NBN Co has deployed the first G-fast-capable distribution point units (DPUs) following its long-running partnerships with fixed-broadband vendors Nokia and Adtran.

• NBN Co CEO rejects calls for price cuts

  NBN Co’s chief executive Stephen Rue has rejected calls by telcos to cut the company’s wholesale prices.

• ACCC figures reveal telcos buying more NBN capacity

  Figures released today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reveal that the average NBN bandwidth per household increased in the three months to 30 September — from 1.66 megabits per second at the end of June, to 1.71Mbps.

• Top one per cent NBN users consumes one terabyte per month

  The top one per cent of Australian end-user premises on the NBN each consumes around one terabyte per month.

• Congestion levels on the NBN expected to fluctuate

  As NBN Co prepares to have RSPs adopting its new wholesale discount bundle, the company expects congestion levels to fluctuate.

• NBN Co doubles transit network capacity

  ​The company building the national broadband network NBN Co has flicked the switch on a major upgrade to double bandwidth capacity along its 60,000km fibre optic backbone.

• NBN delays to impact Telstra's revenue by $300M

  Telstra expects revenue for the 2019 financial year to suffer a $300 million hit following NBN Co's corporate plan announced on 31 August.

• Stephen Rue new NBN chief

  NBN Co has promoted its CFO Stephen Rue to chief executive, replacing Bill Morrow who announced in April that he was leaving the top job.

• NBN Co almost doubles revenue

  NBN Co has posted $1.98 billion in revenue, a 98 per cent increase compared to the previous year results.

• NBN, Macquarie cut $100M wholesale access contract

  ​NBN Co will provide voice and data services to Macquarie Telecom’s business customers under a $100 million, six-year deal with the telco.

• Top tier NBN orders on the rise

  NBN users are switching to faster internet plans with 70 per cent of new orders on the national broadband network now based on wholesale speed tiers of 50Mbps download or higher.

• NBN revenue hits $1.4B

  NBN Co on Thursday reported a doubling of year-on-year revenue to $1.4 billion on the back of ‘solid progress’ on construction and activations during its third quarter ending 31 March.

• People are buying faster NBN speeds

  NBN Co claimed on Monday that the number of Australian homes and businesses connected to higher speed NBN plans has more than doubled with more than a million people upgrading their speeds in the last four months.

• NBN Co restarts HFC rollout

  NBN Co will begin a staged restart of wholesale HFC services sales to retailers from 27 April 2018.

• Concerns raised over NBN’s long-term commercial viability

  The ACCC has flagged concerns over NBN Co’s ability to meet its long-term financial targets.