Part of the government's National Broadband Network plan, the $250 million injection to create new backhaul links in regional areas, could start construction by September this year.
Telstra has walked away from enterprise agreement negotiations with staff, claiming union demands threaten the telco's national broadband network proposal.
British Telecom on Tueday in the UK announced plans to roll out fibre connectivity to millions of UK homes, in an initiative worth 1.5bn.
Telstra is in hot water again over revelations it has been double-billing some mobile phone customers, resulting in refunds reportedly totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
After a chaotic night, Telstra technicians have restored 90-percent of telecommunications between Gosford and the Queensland border after a backhoe accident cut the eastern seaboard's main fibre optic cable.
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