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  Shortage in NBN apartment cablers: recruiter

  A recruitment firm for the National Broadband Network (NBN) said there is a shortage of cablers to connect apartments to the network.

• 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.

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  NBN Co CEO's job on the line under the Coalition?

  Malcolm Turnbull has indicated the Coalition would implement changes at the management and board level of NBN Co if it wins the federal election.

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  NBN construction nears completion in South Perth

  The National Broadband Network (NBN) is reaching the final stages of construction in South Perth.

• 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.

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  NBN users won't pay for high speeds, economist says

  Former Telstra chief economist John de Ridder has said consumers will not be prepared to pay more for higher speeds on the National Broadband Network (NBN).

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  NBN Co's CEO calls for a study into broadband technologies

  NBN Co’s CEO Mike Quigley has called for a study from the Communications Alliance to decide what is the best technology to use to roll out high-speed broadband across Australia.

• Downer EDI Engineering to help build NBN in northern NSW

  NBN Co has awarded Downer EDI Engineering a $94 million, two-year contract to provide additional construction capacity for the NBN rollout in northern NSW.

• Coffs Harbour switches on to the NBN

  Fibre services for the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been switched on in Coffs Harbour, NSW.

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  NBN Co downgrades construction targets

  NBN Co has downgraded its June 2013 target for the number of premises passed due to construction delays from Syntheo.

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  NBN Co pulls in more resources to meet June target

  NBN Co will need to dramatically ramp up construction of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in order to reach its target of passing 286,000 premises by June 2013.

• Top 10 Influential 2011: Telstra's $11b NBN deal approval by the ACCC

  This year has been nothing if not significant when it comes to progress of the Federal Government’s $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN), following the completion of several milestones in relation the structural separation of Telstra, earning its status as one of the top ten influential stories for 2011.

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  NBN Co submits special access undertaking to ACCC

  An NBN Co special access undertaking (SAU) has been submitted to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which guarantees fixed wholesale prices for the next five years to service providers.

• NBN Co opens new facilities in Melbourne

  Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has opened up the doors to NBN Co’s new operations and demonstrations facilities in Melbourne’s Docklands, dubbed the “nerve centre” for the National Broadband Networking (NBN).

• Bunya Estate switches on NBN access

  NBN Co has cut the ribbon on the first new housing development to receive National Broadband Network (NBN) access -- the Bunya Estate in Doonside, Sydney.