Stephen Rue, chief executive of Australia’s wholesale broadband provider NBN Co, today provided a fresh update on how nbn combined with the broader global and local telecommunications industry continues to support the nation during the COVID-19 crisis as more Australians rely on broadband services to work, study and connect with families and friends from home.
Speaking via video conference to the online audience of the annual CommsDay summit today, Mr Rue confirmed the nbn continued to perform strongly as Australians continue to self-isolate and increasingly rely on broadband services delivered over its network.
“Never before has the nation needed the telecommunications industry as it does today and never before has the nation needed nbn as it does today,” Mr Rue said.
“Many countries around the world will be facing this crisis without the secure, resilient and fast broadband access network that nbn brings to homes, businesses and schools.”
Today, more than 95 per cent of the nbn rollout is complete1, almost seven million homes and businesses are connected, and average
