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  • Optus defends Terria NBN bid

    Despite the loss of several key industry partners and the economic downturn, Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan said today that the Terria consortium was ready to meet the requirements of the Federal Government's national broadband network (NBN) tender.

  • Optus will stop playing if Telstra wins NBN

    Australia's second largest telco Optus today said it would not invest in fixed line phone and internet networks in Australia if Telstra was awarded control of the national broadband network (NBN).

  • G9 pesters public for Telstra break-up

    The G9 consortium has launched an online petition to compel the Federal government to include a structural separation component as part of the incumbent's contract should it win the bid for the national broadband network.

  • 'Flawed' decision killed AU$1bn Opel deal: Optus

    Optus believes that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's decision to scrap plans for an AU$1 billion WiMax network, set to be built by Optus-Elders (OPEL), was "flawed" and the telco has left the door open for legal action.

  • Libs call for urgent probe into broadband bids

    The Liberals has called on the Commonwealth Auditor-General to conduct an immediate investigation into the tender process for the national fibre-to-the-node network, saying the procedure has been dogged by concerns over value for money and transparency.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Once a pit bull, Terria is losing its bite

    The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.

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