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• 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.

• 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.

• RSPs not demanding IPv6 services on NBN

  Demand from providers for IPv6 services on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been low, according to Tom Sykes from NBN Co.

• 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.

• NBN partner Service Stream extends trading halt again

  NBN Co construction partner Service Stream has again extended its trading halt on the Australian Stock Exchange pending an announcement about Syntheo.

• NBN Co should prepare for Coalition government: NBN committee

  The latest report from the parliamentary committee overseeing the National Broadband Network has recommended that NBN Co update its corporate plan to prepare for a new government, “to prepare strategies to minimise risk in any policy changes that may reasonably be expected to occur in the 2012-2015 period”.

• Police confirm Kiama death

  Police have confirmed a Lake Heights man in his 50s died in Kiama today.

• 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 to launch 1 Gigabit wholesale broadband service in December

  NBN Co has announced that it will be launching a 1 Gigabit wholesale broadband service by December 2013 to areas that can access the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• NBN Co signs contract to connect apartments in NT and QLD

  NBN Co has signed a $17.9 million contract with ISG Management to connect apartments to the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the Northern Territory and Queensland.

• ACCC seeks greater role in NBN oversight

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has proposed changes to the Special Access Undertaking (SAU) NBN Co lodged with the watchdog last year.
  

• 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 oversight falls victim to partisanship

  Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has lambasted the Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network (JCNBN) for becoming more about party politics than about the roll out of the NBN.

• Small businesses don't see benefit in NBN: report

  Forty per cent of small business owners believe the National Broadband Network (NBN) will not help their business, according to a Roy Morgan report.