National Broadband Network releases next three-year plan
Workers installing a fibre optic cable as part of the National Broadband Network rollout. (AAP) AAP
The national broadband network is set be rolled out using cable TV network technology.
Construction to connect to 7.5 million homes and businesses is on the agenda for NBN over the next three years.
The company's new rollout plan, released on Friday, for the first time includes areas - mainly in metropolitan regions - where it will use hybrid fibre coaxial cable.
"This is exciting news for the suburbs and towns added to construction," chief executive Bill Morrow said in a statement.
Over the past year, NBN had successfully trialled new technology, started to connect homes using the fibre-to-the-node method and launched its first satellite, he said.
Construction to connect almost 700,000 premises is under way, while almost 1.3 million are already connected.
Four suburbs in Queensland and NSW were picked earlier in 2015 to trial the cable TV technology.
At the time of the March announcement, Malcolm Turnbull, then communications minister, said the government would save time and money by using the existing cables, owned by Telstra and Optus.
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