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  • ACCC denies Telstra request to limit Optus

    Australia's competition regulator late yesterday denied an application by Telstra to stop supplying Optus fixed line services within the SingTel subsidiary's cable network footprint.

  • G9 closer to fibre network than Telstra

    Telstra's rivals now have a "more developed" proposal for a national fibre broadband network than the giant telco has ever had, according to the national competition regulator.

  • Submarine cable makes FTTN link for Australia

    Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy officially announced plans to build a 6,900km undersea cable between Guam and Sydney which will become one of the first links in the government's national FTTN network chain.

  • Rival fibre consortium releases blueprint

    A group of telcos preparing an alternative to Telstra's proposal to build a national fibre broadband network are set to release the fine detail of their plan in a couple of hours.

  • Optus threatens war over Telstra's fibre plans

    The nation's second-largest telco today said it will fight "until the last breath" Telstra's desire to lock competitors out of using its planned fibre-optic broadband network.

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