Telstra customer complaints decline to 66,000
Telecommunications giant Telstra has topped the most-complained about carrier rankings this year, amid a wider fall in overall numbers.
Telecommunications giant Telstra has topped the most-complained about carrier rankings this year, amid a wider fall in overall numbers.
How telecomunications providers can give Australians the fastest broadband speed possible is the key issue said Matthew Lobb, Vodafone general manager for fixed broadband.
Australia's antitrust regulator has hurt competition, not helped it, by blocking a $15 billion merger between the third- and fourth-largest telecoms providers, a lawyer for one of the companies told a court on Tuesday.
TPG Telecom profit for 2019 took a 56 per cent hit going from $396 million in 2018 down to $174 million for the year ended 31 July 2019.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) remains “fully committed” to a proposed merger with TPG, according to the telco’s CEO, Iñaki Berroeta. A merger would help Vodafone “fast track” the roll out of 5G technology, he today told a half-year results briefing.
Vodafone is the latest telco to fall afoul of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over its Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) service.
If a Vodafone-TPG merger does not go ahead, it is likely to lead to lower mobile prices for Australian consumers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) believes.
Without a realistic upgrade path to 5G there is “no credible case” for TPG to resume its rollout of Australia’s fourth mobile network, the telco has argued.
Court documents filed by Vodafone Hutchison Australia claim that the telco’s shareholders – VHA is owned 50 per cent by Vodafone and 50 per cent by Hutchison Telecommunications Australia – are unlikely to receive a dividend from their investment in the business over the next five years “if ever”, if a proposed merger with TPG is blocked.
International experience shows having four mobile operators in a market delivers better outcomes for consumers, the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said, defending a decision to oppose a proposed merger between Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) and TPG.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia has launched legal action in the Federal Court seeking approval to merge with TPG.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) says it and TPG will launch legal action in the Federal Court over Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) opposition to a proposed merger between the two telcos.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has revealed it will oppose a proposed merger between TPG and Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA).
Although the Australian government has blocked the company from participating in the rollout of telcos’ 5G networks, Huawei says it has registered strong growth in its local carrier business.
There are likely to be “significant long-term implications” from effectively only allowing Australian telcos to choose between two vendors to provide equipment for their 5G rollouts, the CEO of Vodafone Hutchison Australia has warned.