Articles tagged with: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Optus

Terria Estimates Australia Broadband Network Could Cost A$12 Billion

SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- The Terria consortium believes that the high-speed broadband network it is vying to build in Australia could cost up to A$12 billion to construct, a spokesman for Singapore Telecommunications's Optus unit said Thursday.  more

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Optus Loses GSM Termination Rate Dispute

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says that it has welcomed a decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal to reject Optus's proposed undertaking for the supply of its Domestic GSM Terminating Access Service. more

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Regulatory hurdle for Vodafone in Australia

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said that it has serious concerns about a possible purchase of the Optus GSM network by Vodafone Australia, as this would give it a 51% market share. "There's an obvious, very serious problem of the mobile phone part of the transaction," ACCC Chairman Allan Fels told reporters yesterday, adding "Our starting position would be that Vodafone couldn't acquire Optus in any simple sense."" more

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