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COMPANY NEWS:  Commpete has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision this week to invest $3BN to upgrade fibre connections, but cautioned on the ambitious timeline and budget, and danger of missing out on alternative technologies as they advance.

The government has introduced a new bill to maintain wholesale broadband operator National Broadband Network (NBN) in public ownership.

Telco challenger alliance Commpete said in a statement it will respect the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision to approve Optus and TPG Telecom’s 11-year network sharing deal.

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved broadband operator NBN Co's special access undertaking nearly after undergoing several rounds of changes for nearly 20 months.

Telco alliance body Commpete has welcomed the Australian Competition Tribunal’s decision to uphold the ACCC’s rejection of a proposed network sharing deal between Telstra and TPG Telecom in Australia’s regional and rural areas.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in a draft decision has rejected NBN Co’s proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking (SAU), the framework outlining pricing and service standards through to 2040—a response commended by telco alliance Commpete.

The Australian Communication and Media Authority has decided to approve new timeframes for switching phone number porters (porting) between telco providers, which means majority of Australian organisations will only need 15 working days rather than up to five months to switch providers while retaining numbers—a decision welcomed by telco alliance Commpete.

Telco alliance fostering competition in digital communications Commpete has brought teams from Pivotel and BAI Communications to front the parliamentary inquiry into co-investment in multi-carrier regional mobile infrastructure. Australian legal firm Maddocks also appeared at the hearing as external counsel for Commpete.

The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government will invest $250 million to boost mobile reception in the bush in small communities, tourism hotspots, and along key transport corridors, it announced.

The ACCC has finally reached a verdict not to authorise the proposed regional mobile network arrangements between telecommunication giants Telstra and TPG Telecom.

Telco alliance body Commpete has welcomed the ACCC's move to publish NBN Co's revised proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking and applauded the operator's proposal to seek only 28% (instead of 100%) of the $44 billion in accumulated losses recorded in its so-called Initial Cost Recovery Account as "major step forward."

The Albanese Government will expand full-fibre access to 1.5 million premises by 2025 with a $2.4 billion equity investment to NBN Co over four years in the 2022-23 federal budget. However, the allocation must produce improved service performance for fibred statements in those catchments, according to telecommunications challenger alliance Commpete.

Telco alliance body Commpete is firm on its stand that the TPG/Telstra merger deal is likely to lessen competition in both and wholesale markets for mobile telecommunication services in Australia—a response to the 52-page pager published by the ACCC last September.

The Federal Government is mulling to usher co-investment for regional mobile carriers and will hear a meeting regarding the matter—a move welcomed by telco alliance body Commpete.

The Albanese Government is introducing a legislation that imposes increased penalties for breaches of competition and consumer law, but telco alliance body Commpete questions the proposed amendment, viewing the increase as “not necessary or proportionate.”

From an opening keynote by Anthony Murfett, the Head of the Technology and National Security Division of the Dept of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, through to presentations from NetApp, Zetaris, AWS, Commpete, UNSW, Microsoft, Optus, Kinde, Patyron, Nozomi Networks, Logicalis, Stone & Chalk and more, with a closing keynote from Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic, Influencing.com's conference is a must-watch event.

From an opening keynote by Anthony Murfett, the Head of the Technology and National Security Division of the Dept of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, through to presentations from NetApp, Zetaris, AWS, Commpete, UNSW, Microsoft, Optus, Kinde, Patyron, Nozomi Networks, Logicalis, Stone & Chalk and more, with a closing keynote from Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic, Influencing.com's conference is a must-watch event.

Telecommunications company Aussie Broadband and telco alliance body Commpete have welcomed Communication Minister Michelle Rowland’s call for more affordable internet bills by rejecting NBN Co’s proposed variations to the Special Access Undertaking.

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman yesterday released a report highlighting the key drivers behind complaints about mobile services.