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• NBN Co demo truck hits Tasmania

  NBN Co’s demonstration truck has begun its nationwide journey in Tasmania this week, with the 23-tonne mobile ‘discovery centre’ having arrived in Devonport yesterday.

• NBN Co releases final wholesale agreement draft

  NBN Co has released the final draft of its wholesale broadband agreement (WBA) for review by industry, and will publish its Standard Form of Access Agreement by 30 November.

• NBN Co hires its first chief operating officer

  Following a management restructure of NBN Co in August where chief financial officer, Jean-Pascal Beaufret, announced his retirement, the company has hired a chief operating officer.
  

• NBN on a “knife edge”: Optus

  The National Broadband Network (NBN) is on a “knife edge” unless spending and pricing costs are regulated by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), according to Optus chief executive officer, Paul O’Sullivan.
  

• NBN rollout continues in SA, NT with construction contracts

  A $141 million deal between NBN Co and joint venture company, Syntheo, to build the National Broadband Network (NBN) in South Australia and the Northern Territory has been signed.

• Optus loses government and corporate affairs head

  Optus has lost its director of government and corporate affairs, Maha Krishnapillai, following his resignation from the position for personal reasons.

• AARNet to Kinect the elderly over the NBN

  The Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet) has jumped onboard a collaborative broadband project to develop enabling technology for the elderly to exercise at home over the National Broadband Network (NBN).
  

• Telstra proposes equal power for ACCC and ITA

  Telstra has proposed changes to its structural separation undertaking (SSU), which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Independent Telecommunications Adjudicator (ITA) would share equal resolution powers to alleviate concerns that the latter would favour the telco.

• Moody's maintains Telstra rating

  Credit ratings agency Moody's has affirmed Telstra's (ASX:TLS) A2 rating – but kept it on review for a downgrade – in the wake of yesterday's NBN vote

• 99 per cent of shareholders vote in favour of Telstra/NBN Co deal

  Telstra shareholders appear to have voted almost unanimously in favour of the $11 billion financial heads of agreement with NBN Co, following two year of negotiations around the deal.

• NBN to reach 28 new locations

  NBN Co has announced a 12-month construction plan, with work underway between now and September 2012 to cover more than half a million homes and businesses across the country upon completion.

• Emerson Network Power signs $100 million NBN Co deal

  Emerson Network Power has been awarded a one year, $100 million contract to design, supply, install and commission 10 network facility centres for the NBN Co.

• NBN Co fibre rollout may surpass DSL by 2015: Telsyte

  Fibre optic internet access is set to bypass digital subscriber line (DSL) in 2015 if the NBN Co continues its fibre to the home (FTTH) rollout across Australia but this is dependent on the Labor government staying in power, according to analyst firm Telsyte.
  

• NBN Co concludes first mainland trials

  Residents and businesses participating in the first five mainland trials of the National Broadband Network (NBN) will have access to commercial services over the network following the completion of the trials.
  

• VHA joins opposition to Telstra-NBN Co deal

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has joined the criticism of Telstra’s structural separation undertaking (SSU) with NBN Co, stating the proposed plan fails to prevent the telco from impeding competition.