nbn HFC pilot in Queensland

Jessica Dickers November 20, 2015 News, Telecommunications 0

nbn has announced commencement of an end-user pilot over Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial (HFC) cables.

The pilot in Redcliffe, Queensland, will involve around 300 homes and four service providers, testing the connection process and the customer experience.

The nbn Corporate Plan estimates that around four million premises – or around one third of Australian homes and business – will receive high-speed broadband via HFC.

nbn CEO, Bill Morrow, said: “The pilot marks pleasing progress for our HFC product. It will pave the way for the commercial release of HFC in 2016, marking the release of the final MTM (Multi-Technology Mix) technology. It will also help put us on course to meet our target of delivering better broadband to eight million happy homes by 2020.”

Jessica Dickers

Jessica Dickers is an experienced journalist, editor and content creator who is currently the Editor of Utility’s sister publication, Infrastructure. With a strong writing background, Jessica has experience in journalism, editing, print production, content marketing, event program creation, PR and editorial management. Her favourite part of her role as editor is collaborating with the sector to put together the best industry-leading content for the audience.