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Huawei Australia chairman John Lord says he was surprised that the Australian Government chose to announce the 5G ban on the Chinese firm during a week when it was in the throes of major political turmoil.

About 36,000 homes across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth will be declared "ready to connect" via HFC to the national broadband network by the end of June.

NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, will provide training and assessments for more than 2000 in-field workers on how to deploy, activate and maintain the network, using simulation as a teaching tool.

The pace of the national broadband network rollout has picked up as connections hit the three million mark, but with the operator, NBN Co, cautioning that the increase in connections and activations presents new customer connection and experience issues.  

Problems surrounding the connecting of consumers to the NBN via HFC cable have led to the NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, changing the way it provides these connections.

Internet Australia chief Laurie Patton has repeated his previous assertions that when the rollout of the national broadband network is completed in 2020, much of it will need to be rebuilt because it will be out of date.

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield faced a grilling during his halfway NBN rollout media conference yesterday, over the negative experiences that some customers have reported. We provide the full transcript including journalists' questions and answers.

NBN Co, the builder of the national broadband network, has moved to defend the higher costs of deploying fibre-to-the-premises in Australia and “set the record straight” on recent media claims about the local cost of FttP compared to other operators around the world.

The NBN Co says five million homes and businesses can now connect to the national broadband network which the company is rolling out across the country.

nbn CEO Bill Morrow has announced the appointment of Peter Ryan as the new Chief Network Engineering Officer effective immediately.