The ACCC has, almost, finalised the rules that will govern the provision of NBN-type services over non-NBN high speed broadband access networks.

Research breakthrough promises more energy-efficient fibre networks.

Fibre to the premises connections in Asia Pacific are expected to exceed DSL in 2014, a technology industry analyst is predicting.

Chinese vendors will continue to dominate the FTTx market, according to a leading analyst firm.

It's not exactly an NBN-scale milestone, but TransACT has connected its 1000th FTTP (fibre to the premises) customer.

A successful trial of a system for running fibre optic cables through sewers has been completed in Brisbane, and a large-scale rollout may follow.

Telstra has connected more than 300 residents of Point Cook, west of Melbourne, to its fibre to the premises network.

The Federal Government has released a position paper on the provision of fibre networks on greenfields housing developments.

In what is perhaps the most detailed cost-benefit analysis of a national FTTH network yet attempted the OECD has concluded that cost savings of between 0.5 and 1.5 percent over 10 years across the four key sectors of an economy: electricity, health, transportation and education could justify the cost of such a network, but it says each house should have a dedicated fibre connection, or possibly two!

It's been said many times by many eminently qualified experts yet NBN Co executive chairman Mike Quigley felt it necessary to once again counter those who claim that wireless will deliver the bandwidths we need.