NBN Co has announced the first areas set to receive fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) technology, which will include around 700,000 homes and businesses.

The company expects to begin rolling out the service in the first half of next year.

NBN's NG-PON2 fibre trials promise to benefit all NBN users, not just those relying on fibre to the premises. Credit:Glenn Hunt

The named suburbs are Burnside, Brooklyn, Coburg North, parts of Collingwood, Cremorne, Richmond, Caroline Springs, Derrimut and Williamstown in Melbourne, as well as Sydney's Alexandria, Botany, Denham Court, Erskineville, Horningsea Park, Hunters Hill, Mona Vale and Woronora Heights.

As its name suggests, FTTC delivers a fibre connection to the telecom pit in the footpath outside a premises. This is in contrast to the fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) service that requires civil works at each address to make the connection at greater cost.