ACCC to review TPG/Vodafone merger, ACCANect 2018 next week
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In the news this week, there's only a week to go until the ACCANect 2018 conference, ACCC to review TPG/Vodafone merger, and NBN rollout costs increase.
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The Australian competition watchdog, the ACCC, says it will soon kick off a public review into the merger that is proposed between Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom. [iTWire]
Vodafone Australia has unveiled its new technology for helping improve mobile signal for voice, data, and Internet of Things (IoT) in regional areas, with its Vodafone Regional Coverage Hub.[ZDNet]
New NBN Co chief executive Stephen Rue has lifted the expected cost of the network rollout to $51 billion, with the infrastructure giant planning to raise an extra $2 billion from private sources around 2020. [Sydney Morning Herald]
Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) company is still looking to add 5G capabilities to its fixed-wireless network, along with monitoring and considering other upgrade paths across its multi-technology mix network. [ZDNet]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will commence an inquiry into the future of the fixed-line services on Telstra’s copper network.
The six existing declarations on the network are set to expire on 31 July 2019, with the commission seeking comments from interested parties until 12 October.[CRN]
Vocus has been selected to build a sub-sea system that will provide a fibre optic link between Darwin and the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory (NT). [ARN]
Optus has again criticised Telstra's progressive 5G network launch, calling the claims "empty rhetoric", this time pointing out its spectrum holdings. [ZDNet]
The NSW government has appointed Pia Andrews as its new executive director of digital government. Andrews will take up the position - which replaces the role of executive director of policy and innovation - from 24 September, where she will drive government-wide policy under whole-of-government chief information and digital officer Greg Wells.[itnews]
Super-sized advertising billboards "masquerading as payphones" are being installed on Melbourne's crowded CBD footpaths, and a legal loophole means the council is uncertain of how to stop it. [ABC News]
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