NBN Co has awarded contracts worth up to $635 million over the next five years to six companies operating in Australia to provide an array of equipment for installation in homes and businesses as part of an NBN connection.

NBN Co has announced the three companies that will supply hardware equipment to the $35.9 billion National Broadband Network.

Work on the Government’s $250 million Regional Backbone Blackspots program is set to commence in Mt Isa on February 17.

Corning Cable Systems has been awarded a contract from NBN Tasmania to supply the fibre optic cable to connect around 5000 homes and businesses to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

NBNco’s younger sibling, NBN Tasmania, has awarded its optic fibre cable tender to US-based Corning Cable Systems for the state’s National Broadband Network (NBN) implementation.