{"id":90118,"date":"1999-12-31T00:45:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/telstra-will-be-nbn-core-player-pilot-fttn-report\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:45:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:45:00","slug":"telstra-will-be-nbn-core-player-pilot-fttn-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/telstra-will-be-nbn-core-player-pilot-fttn-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Telstra Will Be NBN Core Player, Pilot FTTN: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telstra to play big role in NBN, reports suggestThe nation&#8217;s biggest telco is to commence a fibre-to-the node (FTTN) pilot on the NBN later this year, reports&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/business\/telstra-in-talks-for-nbn-fibretothenode-pilot-20140330-35rr0.html\">Fairfax Media.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Telstra FTTN project &#8216;would involve more than 300 node cabinet units, each capable of connecting about 300 homes and businesses to the NBN&#8217;. It could become one of the biggest FTTN rollouts and is likely to be extended further, if successful, making Telstra a crucial player in the billion-dollar NBN project, according to the report.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fibre to the node is the technology favored by the Coalition government who has strongly criticised the fibre-to-the-premises technologies favoured by Labor, mainly on cost grounds.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>FTTN would use Telstra copper network, in part, to deliver the high speed broadband to NBN customers.&nbsp;It is no surprise Telstra, with its massive copper infrastructure is likely to become a major player in the fibre network rollout.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, a deal between NBN Co and Telstra has not yet been finalised.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An NBN Co. spokesperson would not make any comment on the reports, when contacted by ChannelNews.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the moment, the big focus for NBN Co is to do a broad deal with Telstra and Optus to use their copper and HFC networks to rollout the fibre network using a wider mix of technologies, the spokesperson said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, there is no timeline for completion of these talks.&nbsp;NBN Co is already running two small scale FTTN trials in NSW and North Melbourne, using 10 nodes each.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The focus is on delivering fibre-to-the premises services in 2014, with FTTN construction likely to kick off next year, the rep added.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Telstra already has interests in the NBN, having negotiated an $11 billion deal to surrender its copper network, pits and ducts along with other assets to the NBN Co, although this is up for renegotiation.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This week, NBN Co&#8217;s new CEO, Bill Morrow, ex Vodafone chief is set to be sworn in.&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telstra to play big role in NBN, reports suggest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-archive","category-services","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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