NBN should consider buying fibre networks from Telstra, Labor says

The company recently announced it had raised an extra $4.1bn to be used for strategic' investments

The government-owned National Broadband Network should consider buying fibre networks from Telstra and other fibre operators across Australia covering up to 300,000 homes, Labor has said.

Last month, NBN Co announced it had managed to raise an extra $4.1bn in private debt facility, pushing the total debt to be taken on by the company to $55bn.