Established in 1994, Communications Day is the authoritative source for commercial, regulatory, political and technology news and analysis for telecommunications in Australia and New Zealand. Delivered every working day to a reader base of C-level executives, regulators, government and opposition ministers and their staff, CommsDay provides essential business intelligence and a key competitive advantage for anyone working in the ANZ telecoms sector.
BT Group and Verizon will combine their international enterprise operations in a 50:50 joint venture, creating a multinational connectivity business with about $US4 billion (A$6.1 billion) in combined annual revenue led by a former Telstra executive.
SIGN UP TO READTelstra is still claiming a national mobile coverage footprint 78% larger than its nearest competitors under the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s new standardised map regime, even after its headline coverage area fell from its longstanding claim of about 3 million square kilometres to 2.14 million square kilometres.
SIGN UP TO READCloud communications provider Comms Group has arranged to sell its IT managed services division onPlatinum to Efex for up to $30 million.
SIGN UP TO READA Senate inquiry into the government’s Unfair Trading Practices bill has backed the legislation’s passage but noted that a significant number of witnesses had highlighted uncertainty about the clarity of its provisions. The bill creates a general prohibition on unfair trading practices, as well as measures to tackle drip pricing and rules aimed at addressing subscription traps.
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