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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.

  • 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.

  • PowerTel confirms suitors

    PowerTel has confirmed it is considering various proposals from third-parties interested in buying or allying with the tier two Australian telco.

  • Telecom NZ snaps up PowerTel

    update: Telecom New Zealand announced today that it will acquire PowerTel, valuing the Australian business and wholesale telco at AU$357 million.

  • AAPT gets PowerTel adrenaline shot

    Telecom New Zealand's bid for PowerTel will create a significant new player in the Australian telecommunications market.

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  • Telstra stalwarts to lead NBN Co

    Mike Quigley and Doug Campbell's long-standing relationships with Telstra and few of its rivals will lead Australia's telecommunications industry to question privately whether Telstra will receive a phenomenal level of access to the NBN decision-making processes.

  • 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.

  • Is Telstra a backhaul monopolist?

    Yes, says iiNet, and the telco giant's price chains are keeping smaller players from venturing down the rural broadband route.

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