Regulation in Australia — bellweather for subsidized services
Australia is giving Telstra, its national carrier, an unusual ultimatum: Create a separate subsidiary structure or be barred from further access to spectrum. Needless to say, the move has raised howls...
View ArticleTelstra’s separate susidiary buzz: Government plan could zap ROI
Telstra, Australia’s national carrier, remains locked in a dispute between its shareholders and the Australian government, which proposes to break Telstra up to support its broadband network...
View ArticleTelstra’s government broadband tangle could backfire on users
Telstra’s problems with the government and the government-owned NBN Company subsidy policy have taken a new and potentially ugly turn as the latest legislation proposes that the NBN not-for-profit...
View ArticleCould Telstra-NBN deal serve as model for U.S. broadband deployment?
It looks like Telstra and the Australian government have finally struck a deal for the acquisition of Telstra’s access infrastructure for the rollout of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN). If...
View ArticleAustralia approves Telstra split, but don’t look for competition anytime soon
Sometimes governments solve problems, and sometimes they cause them. Sometimes it’s a bit of both. I’ve been watching Australia as an indicator of the extreme end of pro-consumer telecom regulation,...
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