The equity investment – a type of investment in which the Government takes ownership of an entity in expectation of a future return – is joined by an AU$800 million investment from NBN Co.

NBN Co has announced a new upgrade plan for its fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network today, after receiving an equity investment of up to AU$3 billion from the Australian Government. In addition to ...

NBN Co will receive up to $3 billion from the federal government and chip in $800 million itself to provide the last 622,000 premises stuck on fibre-to-the-node with an upgrade path. Network ...

NBN Co is installing specific platform structures on top of fixed wireless towers for birds to nest to prevent disturbance from technical maintenance. Seven nesting platforms have already been ...

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The Australian government has pledged this week to provide an additional AU $3 billion (US$1.86bn) to support NBN Co's fiber network upgrades. NBN Co noted that the investment is in addition to more ...

While this approach makes sense from a connectivity perspective — it also helps boost NBN Co’s revenue and could place additional financial pressure on small businesses already struggling with ...

NBN Co will provide new upgrade paths for the remaining homes and businesses across Australia on the Fibre to the Node (FTTN) network, enabled through an investment with the Australian Government. The ...

“Given the opportunity, the Liberal and National parties will also privatise NBN Co. Peter Dutton made this clear when he instructed his party to vote against government legislation,” Mr ...

NBN Co will also foot an additional $800m to finish the Rudd-era project, which will upgrade the fibre-to-node network and provide an additional 622,000 fibre access connections across the country.

NBN Co Chief Executive Ellie Sweeney says the Albanese government’s funding announcement will make the National Broadband Network “future ready” to meet the “growing demands” of the ...