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Australian telecoms operator TPG Telecom Limited has paid A$75,120 in penalties after the ACCC issued it with four infringement notices for alleged contraventions of the Telecommunications Act by failing to comply with its joint functional separation undertaking.

Australian competition regulator the ACCC has given the go ahead for telecoms infrastructure provider Vocus's proposed acquisition of telecoms operator TPG's fixed line business, enterprise, government, and wholesale customer base as well as its fibre and transmission networks.

Competition watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has called for industry submissions concerning the recently announced proposed multi-billion dollar acquisition by Australian communications infrastructure group Vocus of key network assets of telecoms operator TPG.

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Australian communications infrastructure provider Vocus has signed an agreement to acquire the enterprise, government and wholesale (EG&W) fixed business and fibre network assets of Australia's third largest telecoms operator TPG for A$5.25 billion.

The Federal Government has begun an audit of mobile coverage and capacity in the country, with a pilot audit having started and an initial tranche of data published on Wednesday.

Smaller broadband providers, Aussie Broadband, Vocus and Superloop, gained over 62,000 NBN wholesale services in the December 2023 quarter as the total number of residential broadband services on the NBN remained steady, according to the competition watchdog the ACCC’s latest market indicators report.

Australians on broadband plans provided by non-NBN fixed-line networks should benefit from more stable pricing and greater competition between retailers, following the decision by the competition watchdog, the ACCC, to make a final wholesale access determination for the declared superfast broadband access service (SBAS).

Telecommunications company Telstra announced it has successfully conducted a simulation to test its temporary disaster roaming solution.

Australian telco TPG claims a "sizeable number" of Internet users are suffering from connectivity problems and feel "a real need for speed".

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo MVNO amaysim, TPG and iiNet have unveiled deals for Black Friday.

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COMPANY NEWS: Denodo, a leader in data management, and TPG, a global alternative asset management firm, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for TPG Growth, the firm’s middle market and growth equity platform, to invest US$336 million in Denodo’s Series B preferred equity.

Broadband retailers continue to deliver close to plan speeds, according to the ACCC.

Internet problems have persisted for telco consumers in the three months to the end of March this year according to the latest quarterly complaints report from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.

The ACCC's latest NBN Wholesale Market Indicators Report reveals that the top three providers – Telstra, TPG and Optus – together lost 95,000 services during the December 2022 quarter, reducing their respective shares to 42.4 percent, 22.4 percent and 13.1 percent.

Smaller broadband providers continued to increase their share in the NBN wholesale market and expand their presence across the NBN in the September quarter 2022, the ACCC reports.

Telstra is the fastest mobile operator in Australia with a median download speed of 95.83Mbps while Aussie Broadband is the fastest for fixed broadband recording a speed of 67.40Mbps, according to Ookla's Q3 Internet Performance Report.

Australian telco TPG Telecom will offer free calls to Iran and Pakistan for the next seven days to those who are using its main brands: Vodafone, TPG, iiNet, Internode, Lebara, Westnet and Kogan.

Australia’s compeitition watchdog the ACCC has released a statement of preliminary views on the authorisation sought by Telstra and TPG for their proposed regional mobile network arrangements.