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  • Telco industry slates government inquiry decision

    Members of the telecommunications industry have responded with disappointment to the major political parties' abandonment of debate over the structural separation of Telstra.

  • Aust. telco competition proposal labelled a "farce"

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commision (ACCC) could miss out on a perfect bargaining opportunity it has over Telstra if a plan to deregulate wholesale local call pricing in Central Business Districts gets the go ahead.

  • Aust top telcos fall back in fault repairs

    The nation's leading telecoms carriers' fault repair efforts declined nationally in the March quarter, a fact that both Telstra and Optus blame on the NSW bushfire and flooding in the state.

  • Pacnet bidding for AAPT: report

    Asia-Pacific telco Pacnet has offered Telecom New Zealand US$420 million for its Australian subsidiary AAPT, according to Reuters.

  • Pacnet looking to acquire

    Asia-pacific telco Pacnet this week declined to confirm or deny its reported US$420 million bid for Telecom New Zealand subsidiary AAPT, saying only that it has been searching for buying opportunities in the region.

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  • Australia's telco sector ripe for consolidation

    The obvious candidates for consolidation in Australia's telecommunications sector are the 170 internet service providers that are scratching to make a living, but others include Dodo, M8 Telecom, Macquarie Telecom and Eftel.

  • AAPT gets thrown a lifeline

    If Pacnet's offer for AAPT is genuine and on the terms laid out in the Reuters story, then Telecom New Zealand chief executive Paul Reynolds ought to agree to the offer as quickly as he can.

  • Cartoon: Terria's flesh wound

    Telstra's Now We Are Talking resident cartoonist Mikko lampoons Terria's rapidly declining list of members.

  • Rollout reduces customer churn

    The implementation of closed loop marketing software at the Australian operations of a telco is being credited with reducing customer churn by 25 percent.

  • Business guide to implementing VoIP

    How can you tell if your business is ready for Voice over IP? Also, who are the leading IP handset providers and systems integrators in Australia?

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