Despite the expected release of NBN Co's Standard Form of Access Agreement today, Optus has confirmed it is still in negotiations with the company to address what it views as unresolved issues in the draft version of the agreement.

NBN Co has released the final draft of its wholesale broadband agreement (WBA) for review by industry, and will publish its Standard Form of Access Agreement by 30 November.

Telecommunications wholesaler, Telcoinabox, is the latest RSP to sign up to offer services over the National Broadband Network (NBN), entering into a wholesale broadband agreement with NBN Co to deliver services from April 2012.

Optus has announced NBN mainland pricing for consumers only, choosing to forge ahead without a finalised wholesale broadband agreement (WBA) with NBN Co as the process was taking “longer than initially envisaged”.

Optus has lost its director of government and corporate affairs, Maha Krishnapillai, following his resignation from the position for personal reasons.