NZ Opposition Labour MP Clare Curran says she has it on good authority that Communications Minister Steven Joyce met Telecom NZ CEO Paul Reynolds last week and discussed the possibility of the incumbent structurally separating its business.
The telecommunications industry seems to be wreathed in euphoric mist after today's announcement which looks to lead to Telstra's separation, but there are still voices of caution to be heard.
Telecom New Zealand has reported a 43.9 per cent fall in full year net profit to NZ$398 million (AU$324.08 million), continuing a recent downward trend.
Telecom New Zealand faced union protests in Auckland today in relation to its re-shuffle of engineering contractors.
Vodafone NZ has complained that prices set yesterday for competitors to access Telecom New Zealand's fibre-to-the-node roadside cabinets are too high for competitors to make a profit.
Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
Telecom needs to quickly jettison the forced Visionstream owner-operator deal for lines techies if it cares about its image.
Smack down: it seems the Independent Oversight Group (IOG) set up to keep an eye on Telecom NZ's regulatory undertakings as part of the operational separation of its business takes its task seriously.
The government dumped its well-intentioned bidders and spent the day awash in adulation from an industry that suddenly felt all its Christmases had come at once. But isn't this the same government that, two weeks ago, was warning it had to ditch key election promises for lack of funding?
The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.
The Federal Government's preferred National Broadband Network partner is due to be nominated shortly. As that moment looms, and Stephen Conroy's language becomes more aggressive, Telstra's share price has been imploding.
Telstra will take every opportunity to both cast doubts on its rivals' capabilities and sow doubts in the minds of the legislators that might help to undermine the prospects of the displacement of its dominance of the fixed line space.
Functional separation is a powerful tool that could be employed to ensure consumers receive value for money, choice, variety, and innovative services across the nation.
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