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Minister Stephen Conroy said opposition attempts to block his reforms, including a plan to force Telstra to separate, would be a blow to consumers but would not derail the government's $43 billion broadband network. Kevin Rudd also ridiculed the Coalition...
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Labor premier David Bartlett is strongly backing the federal government's plan to separate Telstra's retail and wholesale arms, to facilitate the roll-out of the network. The opposition wants the laws which would bring about the break-up delayed. But...
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ONE of Telstra's largest competitors has backed its call for the consumer watchdog to be kept on a tight leash under the proposed new telecommunications regime. Vodafone Hutchison is the country's third-largest mobile phone carrier after Telstra and Optus,...
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The Federal Opposition says the chairman of Australia's competition watchdog should stop acting as a spruiker for the Government's high-speed broadband proposal. Graeme Samuel has backed the Government's move to end Telstra's dominance of the telecommunications...
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Stephen Conroy gives the Opposition an ear bashing. Traditionally it's sex, politics and religion that are banned from polite dinner party conversation. In the bizarre world of corporate Australia, add the national broadband network (NBN) to the no-go...
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Government should push ahead with legislation to make Telstra structurally separate, despite calls from the telco, shareholders and the Opposition to delay it. Under the proposed rules, Telstra would need to separate its retail and infrastructure businesses,...
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Telstra's submission to the Senate inquiry on the legislation splitting the company flatly rejects separation, and a backlash led by institutional investors suggests shareholders don't believe they are being offered anything. On announcing the plan to...
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Telstra's attempt to delay the separation of its wholesale and retail networks looks doomed, with the Greens yesterday rejecting pleas for support from the telecommunications giant. Under proposed legislation, Telstra would have to make a voluntary structural...
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S no point wasting space telling you exactly what Telstra doesn't like about the Government's plan to set up its national broadband network by forcing tighter regulation and structural separation of Telstra, or, if it resists, separation by legislation,...
In a submission to the Senate inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 released today, Telstra said the legislation was unnecessary...The proposal is aimed at creating a more level playing...
Tags: Telstra, Senate, telecommunications legislation, telstra called, broadband network, regulatory reforms, national broadband