Telstra executives are optimistic Australia's competition watchdog will soon informally clear its 3G network alliance with Hutchison 3G Australia as the partners signed binding agreements to proceed with the deal.
Former Soul CEO Michael Simmons will be taking up duties overseeing G9's bid for the national broadband network, and has today called for the ACCC to intervene in the tender process.
Telstra's plans to switch on ADSL2+ across 900 exchanges throughout the country may have a substantial destabilising effect on the communications market, and alter the national carriers relationship with government and regulators, according to a report.
The ACCC's vision of Australia's next-generation of broadband is designed to keep its rival G9 in the race to build a fibre-to-the node (FTTN) network and will sentence the country to a low speed future, according to Telstra.
Competition watchdog the ACCC has rejected a draft proposal by the Optus-led G9 consortium on building Australia's fibre-to-the-node network, despite giving the plan a cautious thumbs-up.
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Last week, a family friend rang for some technical help. "Telstra sold me this wireless Internet service and they promised it would work both at my home and at my office," he said. Said home is in the Melbourne CBD, and said office is in Kyneton, a lovely town about an hour away from Melbourne.
The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.
With a fierce battle raging over Australia's broadband future and how bush users should be connected, regulators have weighed in to produce a state of nation report into the country's communications infrastructure and how well consumers are being served by their providers.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) plans to review the pricing of mobile phone services, with a view to updating regulations governing the area.
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