Communications giant Vocus has today revealed it will launch a business-focused mobile virtual network operator to challenge the dominance of Telstra, Optus and TPG in the sector.
The competition watchdog will not oppose Vocus Group Limited's proposed acquisition of TPG Telecom Limited's fixed business and fibre network assets in a deal worth billions.
iiNet's story is one of a plucky Perth startup that became a leading Australian telco, but its legacy email addresses are on the nose at a leading accounting firm, which is banning them, along with those of Westnet.
Perth-founded internet service provider iiNet is shutting down its email service in a move that is expected to impact thousands of businesses and individuals.
TPG Telecom, the group operating Vodafone and iiNet, will be simplifying its brand portfolio with a target to drop its plans and products from 6,000 to about 100.
TPG and Telstra will appeal after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission declined to approve their proposed $1.8 billion network-sharing deal.
Internet and mobile provider TPG Telecom may follow Telstra's lead and sell some of its telecommunication towers as the merged entity pursues opportunities.
Australia's three biggest internet providers are being taken to court over NBN promotions that the ACCC claims misled hundreds of thousands of customers.
TPG Telecom chairman David Teoh has resigned after many years developing the major force in the Australian telecommunications industry, and shares fell to a record low.
The proposed merger between Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom has received the green light from the Foreign Investment Review Board, taking it another step closer to completion.
TPG and Vodafone are a step closer to completing their planned $15 billion merger after the competition watchdog announced it would not appeal a Federal Court decision allowing the deal to proceed.
A $15 billion merger between Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom has been given the green light in the federal court, but the consumer watchdog says it will cause mobile data prices to rise.
ASX200 boards now feature 30 per cent women for the first time ever, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors, leaving just seven companies in that index without female representation on their board.
TPG Telecom's full-year profit has slumped 56.1 per cent to $173.8 million after the internet provider copped a $196.1 million hit from scrapping its planned mobile network.
TPG Telecom shares have crashed along with those of Vodafone's local joint venture partner after the competition watchdog blocked the communications giants' $15 billion merger.
TPG Telecom's first-half profit has slumped 76.5 per cent to $46.9 million after its decision to halt the rollout of its planned mobile network resulted in a $227.4 million impairment.
Women accounted for 29.7 per cent of ASX200 board members by the end of last year, an increase of more than 10 percentage points since the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2015 called for ASX200 companies to achieve 30 per cent female representation on boards by the conclusion of 2018.
TPG Telecom's $2 billion plan to build Australia's newest mobile network looks to be in tatters because of the federal government's ban on using equipment from China's Huawei.
Investors have shunned Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom after the competition watchdog raised concerns that their merger into a $15 billion telco giant could mean higher mobile prices for consumers.
Three telco groups, including TPG and UK-based Dense Air, have spent $19 million securing 5G spectrum lots in Western Australia as part of an auction run by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
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Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom have agreed to merge into a single $15 billion telecommunications firm in an effort to more effectively challenge telecoms giants Telstra and Optus.
TPG Telecom has lifted its full-year guidance after first-half underlying profit rose, but the internet provider's two subsidiaries, iiNet and Internode, are being forced to compensate 11,000 customers following an investigation by the consumer watchdog.
Telstra says competition in the telecommunications sector remains tough and concedes it will probably lose customers to smaller rival TPG Telecom when the market newcomer establishes its own mobile phone network.
Shares in TPG Telecom have soared after the fourth-ranked internet player beat its earnings forecast and delivered a 9 per cent lift in full-year profit.
Film distributor Village Roadshow has won in legal proceedings brought against telco services including Telstra, forcing them to block domain names for services used to illegally download movies and other programs.
TPG Telecom shares have slumped in their first trading session since the internet provider launched a capital raising to help fund its plan for its own mobile network.
Telstra shares fell today after internet provider TPG Telecom said it would build Australia's fourth mobile network for about $1.9 billion, after securing much-needed mobile spectrum in a government auction.
Internet provider TPG Telecom has delivered strong interim financial results - thanks largely to the contribution of its iiNet operations - and has reaffirmed its underlying earnings guidance for the year.
TPG Telecom has reaffirmed its annual earnings guidance in a bid to ease investor concerns, a week after rival Vocus Communications spooked the market with its worst-than-expected earnings update.
