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• 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 loses court case against TPG

  NBN has lost a court case against TPG Telecom group company, PIPE Networks, over alleged misleading and deceptive conduct.
  

• 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.
  

• TPG Telecom to pay $1.4 billion for iiNet

  TPG Telecom announced on Friday that it will acquire 100 per cent of iiNet for $8.60 per share, in a transaction valued at $1.4 billion.
  

• NSW, QLD suburbs in trial to speed up NBN rollout

  Four suburbs across Queensland and NSW have been chosen to take part in a trial designed to speed up the rollout of the NBN. The suburbs are Emu Plains in NSW; and Redcliffe, Slacks Creek, and Merrimac in QLD.
  

• Uniform price changes to use Telstra’s copper network will provide ‘stability’: ACCC

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft decision on prices other telcos and operators would pay to use fixed line services supplied by Telstra on its copper network.

• Gosford City Council abandons dark fibre plans

  Gosford City Council has abandoned plans to provide high speed broadband services – using a dark fibre network strung along electrical power poles – to businesses and individuals across the city.
  

• 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.

• iiNet adds 25,000 new broadband customers

  iiNet Limited on Thursday said it had added 25,000 new fixed-line broadband customers for the six months ending December 31, 2014.
  

• 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.

• Connected home brings new revenue opportunity for telcos: Ovum

  The rise of the Internet of Things could allow telcos to provide a “quint-play” of services, according to an Ovum report.

• NBN ready for service at 658,000 premises: NBN Co

  NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow has offered a rosy take on the state of the National Broadband Network.

• Gosford Council gets fibre NBN over power poles

  Gosford City Council has sidestepped the high cost of connecting to the national broadband network (NBN) by using a dark fibre network strung along electrical power poles.