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NBN Rollout Reaches 4 Million Homes

Jon Bragg February 8, 2017 No Comments

NBN have announced that four million homes are now ‘Ready for Service’ on the NBN network. The network is now about one-third complete, towards NBN’s goal of making 11.9 million…

Telstra Lose Market Share In Latest NBN Quarterly Numbers

Fergus Halliday February 2, 2017 No Comments

The ACCC has rolled out its latest NBN Wholesale Market Indicators Report, with the new numbers including for the first time the number of NBN services in operation on HFC and…

Telstra To Publish NBN Speeds

Computer Daily News February 1, 2017 No Comments

Telstra has unveiled plans to regularly publish national-level performance data for its NBN services, along with location-specific estimates of NBN network speeds for customers signing up for its services. These…

Qantas Set To Test Free Onboard NBN Domestic Service

Computer Daily News January 18, 2017 No Comments

Qantas has confirmed that it plans to begin testing an NBN-based satellite service onboard some of its domestic aircraft at the start of February. The test will run for nine…

For Sale: One Slightly Used FttH Net

Computer Daily News January 17, 2017 No Comments

Want to take on the NBN with your very own fibre-to-the-home network? Here’s you chance: the Victorian Government’s Property Development Agency is planning to flog off an FttH network it…

Government Set To Saddle NBN Competition With $7 Levy

Fergus Halliday December 13, 2016 No Comments

The Australian government has revealed intentions to introduce a new levy on telecommunications companies to help pay for the roll-out of the NBN in regional areas. From July 2017, users…

1.1mil. Premises Said To Be Ready As FttN Overtakes FttP

Computer Daily News December 5, 2016 No Comments

Just one year after NBN Co announced a move to fibre-to-the-node (FttN) technology, rather than the more expensive and more difficult to rollout fibre-to-the-premises (FttP), FttN has overtaken the fibre-to-the-premises…

NetComm Grabs NBN FttDP Deal

Computer Daily News November 23, 2016 No Comments

NBN Co has handed Sydney-based, and ASX-listed, NetComm Wireless a deal to supply NBN’s gear for future fibre-to-the-distribution-point (FttDP) services – sometimes also known as fibre-to-the-driveway, or fibre to the…

NBN Will Receive $19.5 Billion Loan From Government To Complete Rollout

Jon Bragg November 18, 2016 No Comments

The federal government will loan NBN Co $19.5 billion to ensure the network is rolled out across the country by 2020. NBN Co had expected it would secure additional funding from…