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Asia Pacific Operators August 1, 2023

TPG Telecom receives $4.2B fixed asset bid

Australian operator TPG Telecom granted Vocus Group an exclusive period to conduct due diligence after the latter made a non-binding AUD6.3 billion ($4.2 billion) offer for various fixed assets…

By Chris Donkin

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Asia Pacific June 21, 2023

Tribunal rejects Telstra-TPG network sharing deal

The Australian Competition Tribunal backed a competition watchdog decision to block a proposed regional infrastructure sharing arrangement between Telstra and TPG Telecom, noting it wasn’t convinced the deal wouldn’t…

By Joseph Waring

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Asia Pacific April 4, 2023

Australia joins allies in ordering TikTok ban

Australia followed fellow members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance by banning use of TikTok on government-issued devices, as concerns around how data is used by the social media platform…

By Kavit Majithia

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Asia Pacific December 15, 2022

Australia slams tech companies over online child abuse

A study by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner of practices by some of the largest tech companies in the world found they aren’t proactive in detecting child exploitation content in streaming and…

By Joseph Waring

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Asia Pacific Operators Telstra July 19, 2021

Australia, Telstra mull Digicel Pacific unit buy

The Australian government reportedly entered talks with Telstra to acquire the Pacific operations of Digicel Group for AUD2 billion ($1.5 billion), in an effort to simultaneously lower the latter’s debt…

By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva

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Asia Pacific June 21, 2021

Australia regulator bemoans lack of mobile competition

Australia’s competition commission slammed price rises made in the wake of a merger of TPG and Vodafone Hutchison Australia, accusing the country’s three major operators of no longer being…

By Chris Donkin

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Asia Pacific Big Tech Meta February 23, 2021

Australia retreats from landmark web news rules

Australia watered down potentially groundbreaking rules covering payments for news content by web giants, proposing amendments offering an opt-out clause to companies including Facebook and Google, which were in the…

By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva

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