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Telco industry alliance Commpete has released a comment and flagged serious concerns with the proposed Telstra-TPG merger under review by the ACCC.

TPG Telecom and Telstra have lodged a response to the ACCC welcoming the overwhelming support for the proposed Telstra-TPG regional network sharing arrangement from interested parties.

The proposed Telstra/TPG merger under review by the ACCC is drawing strong opinions from the industry, with Commpete chair Michelle Lim accusing Telstra of dishonesty and says the concentration of spectrum assets in fewer hands will have worrying consequences for regional Australians.

Commpete, an organisation representing some Australian challenger telecommunications brands, congratulated Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party on their victory in the federal election.

Commpete, an alliance of Australian challenger telecommunication companies, has welcomed the announcement of an ACCC inquiry into telecommunications competition issues as part of the Government’s response to the 2021 Regional Telecommunications Independent Committee Report.

Commpete chair Michelle Lim used an event in Melbourne to call out outdated policies within the telecommunications sector that are “holding back much-needed innovation”. Lim also used the event to announce Commpete’s top five priorities for 2022.

Commpete, an alliance of challenger telecommunications companies, is to be principal sponsor of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network’s (ACCAN) ACCANect conference.

Commpete, the former Competitive Carriers Coalition, has called for the resignation of the board of NBN Co, the company rolling out the Australian national broadband network, accusing it of comprehensively failing in its core mission, including driving a more competitive telecommunications sector.

Communications alliance Commpete has claimed the proposed merger between Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom is a threat to competition between companies offering mobile services and welcomed the move by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to scrutinise the deal.

Telecommunications lobby group Commpete claims the decision by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield to overlook challenger businesses in his latest industry roundtable means ideas from firms that the have the greatest incentive to give consumers a better deal will not be heard.

A new Australian communications alliance, Commpete, has called for competition to return to the centre of communications policy and a reversal of market concentration if the vision that inspired the NBN is to be recaptured.