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  NBN build gaining momentum daily: Quigley

  NBN Co boss, Mike Quigley, says momentum on the National Broadband Network is building despite the delays and setbacks in delivering on the government's $36 billion project.

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  Quigley dismisses Turnbull’s satellite concerns

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has dismissed concerns raised by shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, that the risk of missing out on allocated slots could delay the launch of the two Ka-band satellites planned for the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• NBN Co chief says rollout plan not political

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has rejected accusations of bias towards Labor marginal seats in Brisbane in the choice of sites to get the National Broadband Network (NBN).

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  Politics not behind suburbs covered by NBN

  Suburbs and towns covered by the National Broadband Network (NBN) were chosen mainly for engineering reasons and not because of politics, NBN Co boss, Mike Quigley, says.

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  3.5m premises to get NBN by 2015

  NBN Co has detailed a three-year plan to roll out the National Broadband Network (NBN) to 3.5 million premises across Australia by June 2015.

• NBN announces 3-year rollout plan

  NBN Co Ltd boss, Mike Quigley, says the launch of the three-year rollout schedule for the high speed National Broadband Network (NBN) is a "turning point" for the federal government project.

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  NBN boss defends take-up rate

  The National Broadband Network boss has defended the take-up rate for the new service, saying telcos elsewhere in the world would be quite envious.

• Quigley defends NBN satellite build

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has defended the decision to build two Ka-band satellites for the National Broadband Network (NBN), arguing the move was the “right answer”.

• 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).

• NBN Co signs $635m equipment contracts

  The builder of the federal government's $36 billion broadband network has signed contracts worth up to $635 million for equipment to install the high speed service in homes and businesses.

• ACCC, Telstra deal delay would concern

  The chief of the company set up to build the federal government's National Broadband Network (NBN) says he would be concerned if the competition watchdog and Telstra were unable to agree on structural separation undertakings by December 20.

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  NBN boss seeks price cap on phone calls

  Wholesale prices for telephone calls should not rise above $24 a month as the National Broadband Network (NBN) is built, NBN Co's CEO Mike Quigley says.

• NBN cheaper than current internet plans

  The boss of the company building the National Broadband Network (NBN) says reports of cheaper entry-level internet plans under the NBN than current internet connections are in line with his company's analysis.