Telco alliance body Commpete has welcomed the Australian Competition Tribunal’s decision to uphold the ACCC’s rejection of a proposed network sharing.
By Stuart Condie SYDNEY TPG Telecom said it will consider appealing to Australia's Federal Court after a second competition regulator blocked its plan to.
Under the deal announced in February last year, Telstra would have bought spectrum - airwaves which carry wireless internet - and transmission towers from TPG, while TPG would have kept selling 4G and 5G coverage using Telstra infrastructure. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) had ruled against the plan in December, much to the delight of Optus, the country's No. 2 wireless internet provider owned by Singapore Telecommunications.
By Stuart Condie SYDNEY TPG Telecom said that it will consider appealing to Australia's Federal Court after a second competition regulator blocked its plan.