A group of Telstra's major rivals known as the G9 have placed full-page advertisements in major newspapers in an effort to prevent a deal between Telstra and the federal government on a new national fibre broadband network.
Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan yesterday defended Australia's national telecommunications regulatory regime.
The West Australian government is fielding strong interest from local parties after it asked for proposals to attract funding from the federal government's AU$1.1 billion Connect Australia broadband package.
The national competition regulator today released a position paper detailing what it described as a "robust framework" for reviewing existing and guiding future telecommunications regulation of fixed network services.
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Australians have a right to know exactly what the G9 is planning.
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In the broadband war, it seems, everyone has an opinion and those with a vested interest are playing fast and loose with the truth.
Australian telecoms is increasingly resembling the US during Prohibition, with Telstra as Al Capone and the ACCC as Eliot Ness.
Ovum's David Kennedy says Australia can have a world-leading telecommunications regime if it wants one.
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