NBN Co will begin rolling out the National Broadband Network to an additional 550,000 homes and businesses from September 2016, the company said in its latest quarterly update. Communities added to the plan include Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Mt Gambier and Whyalla in South Australia, Bendigo and Docklands in Victoria, Bathurst in NSW, Castle Hill in Sydney, Broome in Western Australia and the Perth suburbs of Hilton and Bassendean. In February, NBN Co chief, Bill Morrow, said the company was on track to achieve its goal of connecting eight million premises to the NBN. Around 870,000 homes and business can currently connect. At the end of calendar 2014, NBN Co had connected 40,716 premises via satellite; 253,883 using fibre and 27,792 using fixed wireless technologies. NBN Co’s rollout schedule includes all technologies in the ‘multi-technology mix’ – fibre-to-the-node, basement, distribution point and premises – with the exception of hybrid fibre coaxial and long-term satellite services, which will be added in a future forecast. Morrow said these quarterly forecasts enable customs, telephone and internet service providers, to start planning for the delivery of broadband services to communities. NBN Co provides an interactive rollout map with a detailed colour-coding system that displays the four phases of the NBN rollout within a community. Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebook… Twitter: @CIO_Australia, Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation on LinkedIn: CIO Australia Follow Byron Connolly on Twitter:@ByronConnolly Related content BrandPost How Infosys and Tennis Australia are harnessing technology for good By Veronica Lew Mar 26, 2023 6 mins Infosys BrandPost Retail innovation playbook: Fast, economical transformation on Microsoft Cloud For retailers, tight integration of data and systems is the antidote to a challenging economy. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 3 mins Retail Industry Digital Transformation BrandPost How retailers are empowering business transformation with TCS and Microsoft Cloud AI-powered omnichannel integration and a strong, secure digital core lets retailers innovate across four primary areas while staying compliant, maintaining security and preventing fraud. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 4 mins Retail Industry Cloud Computing BrandPost How to Build ROI from Cloud Migration This whitepaper and webcast can help you calculate the ROI and create a business case for modernizing your legacy applications to the Microsoft Cloud. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 1 min Retail Industry Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe