Yesterday
Optus calls on Labor to intervene in NBN pricing reforms
Optus has called on the newly elected Albanese government to overhaul NBN Co’s priorities.
- Lucas Baird
This Month
PE-backed trade player OEConnection stalks Infomedia
TA Associates has an American rival on the scene at Australia’s Infomedia.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
How a Teoh sell-out could benefit TPG
If the past indicates anything, it could be a bloodbath on the ASX if the telco’s reclusive owner takes this chance – but analysts are overwhelmingly bullish.
- Lucas Baird
Canada bans Huawei from 5G, ending years-long impasse
The long-awaited announcement will be welcomed by President Joe Biden’s administration, which has sought to steer countries away from Huawei for security reasons.
- Erik Hertzberg and Brian Platt
Optus fires up on TPG, Telstra sharing ahead of ACCC call
Optus is ramping up hostilities toward Telstra and TPG’s landmark network-sharing deal.
- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
TPG sells towers, embraces Telstra
Australia’s largest and third-largest carriers were once sworn enemies. Now, they are joined at the hip with mutual commercial interests.
- Tony Boyd
- Updated
- Mergers & acquisitions
TPG last out the door with $950m tower sale
TPG Telecom has sold its entire mobile tower and rooftop infrastructure network to Canadian pension fund OMERS for about $950 million.
- Lucas Baird
Optus takes Transurban to court
The telecommunications provider alleges that the tollroad group would not give it free access to a Brisbane tollroad, the Gateway Motorway, to install fibre optic cable.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Exclusive
- Accounting
EY, NBN pulled into international tax dispute
The pair are accused of failing to pay a worker’s tax bill with the money withheld from his pay, and leaving him at risk of prosecution.
- Lucas Baird and Hannah Wootton
Vocus considers IPO for dodo, iPrimus
Fourth-ranked telco Vocus has begun to position its retail arm led by brands such as dodo, iPrimus and Commander for a sale or IPO.
- Lucas Baird
Telstra promotes Michael Ackland to CFO role
The company’s consumer and small business head Michael Ackland will become chief financial officer in September when Vicki Brady succeeds Andy Penn in the top job.
- Lucas Baird
April
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Telstra’s Fetch TV deal is a smart move
The $50 million investment is small in the overall scheme of the telco giant’s business. But it reveals astute thinking about the future of home entertainment.
- Tony Boyd
Telstra splashes $50m on set-top box investment
Telstra will acquire a majority stake in set-top box provider Fetch TV for $50 million to strengthen its home entertainment position.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird and Miranda Ward
Billing errors cost Telstra $2.2m in refunds, fines
The telco blamed out-of-date employee instructions and broader billing errors for its overcharging of customers of its low-cost Belong arm.
- Lucas Baird
Key ruling goes against Musk in ‘go-private’ case
The ruling will put Tesla at a big disadvantage in a trial set for May because it would not be allowed to argue the controversial Twitter post was truthful.
- Chris Dolmetsch and Joel Rosenblatt
Heavily redacted documents force delay to NBN Co pricing talks
The competition watchdog has delayed its formal consultation on an update to NBN Co’s controversial wholesale pricing model until late May.
- Lucas Baird
Uniti signs $3.6b deal with Morrison-Brookfield group
Telecoms play Uniti Group has entered a binding $3.6 billion sale deed with a consortium led by New Zealand’s Morrison & Co and Canada’s Brookfield.
- Lucas Baird
Digicel a ‘bully’ in tax dispute, says PNG treasurer
Papua New Guinea’s treasurer says that Digicel executives can avoid jail if they return to the island nation for a negotiation with the tax authority.
- John Kehoe
- Exclusive
- Pacific diplomacy
PNG ‘super tax’ disrupts Telstra-Digicel deal
Papua New Guinea has imposed a $130 million levy on Digicel Pacific, hitting the $2.1 billion buyout of the Pacific telco by Telstra and Australia’s government.
- John Kehoe
Optus parent snaps up $3.6b mobile tower deal
Singtel and AustralianSuper will buy Axicom, doubling its mobile tower footprint and strengthening its grip on key wireless infrastructure.
- Lucas Baird
