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Vodafone

July 2022

Telstra shop

Rising mobile bills inspire customers to ditch Telstra and Optus

One in six Australians could swap to cheaper operators if Optus and Vodafone both follow Telstra and jack up their prices.

  • John Davidson

June 2022

GigaComm CEO Sophearom En started the company when he became frustrated by the slow internet speeds in suburban Melbourne.

$20.5m funding for new telco that plans to beat TPG, Telstra

Palisade Impact and Endeavour Asset Management have led a fresh $20.5 million capital raise by the new telco on the block, GigaComm.

  • Yolanda Redrup

March 2022

Gunther Vogelpoel, CEO of Dutch digital prepaid services firm Recharge.

Forget BNPL: this Dutch start-up wants Aussies to pay now, buy later

Recharge, which offers worldwide access to prepayment services like digital gift cards and mobile phone top-ups, is launching in Australia after raising $US35 million ($47.9 million).

  • Hans van Leeuwen

February 2022

This low-band spectrum is particularly important because it is suitable for rolling out new 5G networks in regional Australia.

TPG bush deal to give Telstra a $1.8b boost

Regional Australians will have greater choice between mobile providers after Telstra signed a landmark network-sharing deal with TPG Telecom.

  • Lucas Baird
Cyara CEO Alok Kulkarni (centre) founded the company alongside Bonny Malik (left) and Luan Tran.

Melbourne tech firm equals VC record with $US350m funding

Alok Kulkarni’s Cyara has cemented its spot in Aussie start-up legend, raising $US350 million ($500 million) from K1 and pressing pause on an IPO.

  • Yolanda Redrup
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January 2022

Mr Tierney says eSIM was key to limiting any friction with customer experience and service.

TPG’s Felix to lean on new eSIM tech in second year

TPG Telecom’s low-cost mobile arm will lean on its new eSIM powers to grow its customer base and bolster its green flair.

  • Lucas Baird

December 2021

Gina Cass-Gottlieb, nominated to be the next Chairperson of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), meets with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in his office at Parliament House in Canberra.

What the new ACCC chairwoman means for business

The nomination of Gina Cass-Gottlieb to head the competition watchdog and succeed economist Rod Sims sends three important signals to business, writes John Kehoe.

  • John Kehoe

November 2021

Barry Kezik says momentum is building for TPG’s fixed-wireless product.

TPG’s 5G coverage hits key milestone to boost NBN competition

TPG’s 5G network will now cover 85 per cent of the population in major cities after its rollout faced major issues due to a ban on Huawei tech.

  • Lucas Baird
The takeover of Sydney Airport must pass several regulatory hurdles.

Mega Sydney airport deal faces ACCC heat

Sydney Airport and suitor IFM Investors face a potential battle with the competition watchdog and small shareholders after agreeing a $23.6 billion takeover.

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  • Liam Walsh and Elouise Fowler

September 2021

Probe CX founder and co-chairman Rodney Kagan (left) and chief executive Andrew Hume. The business runs call centres, customer contact centres, digital chatbot operations and its 15,500 staff do about 90 million customer interactions annually.

Call centre and chatbot group Probe CX eyes global stage

Afterpay is a big customer of the group which has 15,500 staff and has been acquired by private equity group KKR for $1.1 billion.

  • Simon Evans

July 2021

CBA’s platform strategy is moving forward, with More Telecom and Tangerine NBN plans to be added to new retailing and energy deals in its banking app.

CBA enters telco, invests in NBN providers to add to its app

CBA’s platform strategy is moving forward, with More Telecom and Tangerine NBN plans to be added to new retailing and energy deals in its banking app.

  • James Eyers
TPG Telecom is reshuffling its executive team to help move Craig Levy into a new role where he will take control of its drive to ween customers off the NBN.

TPG reshuffles executive deck

TPG Telecom is reshuffling its executive team to help move Craig Levy into a new role where he will take control of its drive to wean customers off the NBN.

  • Lucas Baird
“The merger was the reuslt of a lot of years of collaboration, and what is really behind this merger is the realisation by two parties that we could be a much stronger competitor together,” Mr Berroeta said.

TPG boss defends business one year since merger

TPG Telecom chief executive Iñaki Berroeta does not think much of the corporate adage that ‘there is no such thing as a merger, only takeovers’.

  • Lucas Baird
While the locals “accepted they live proximate to the commercial centre” of North Sydney, Susan Dixon said, they opposed the rising amount of “unnecessary signage”.

North Sydney locals overruled as TPG wins right to light up sign

TPG Telecom is free to light up a flashy Vodafone logo mounted on its North Sydney headquarters after a court threw out protests from the local council.

  • Lucas Baird

June 2021

A TPG spokesman publicly decried the ACCC’s analysis as “wrong” on Tuesday.

TPG fears being swept up in push to overhaul merger laws

The bust-up comes as the ACCC gears up to push for merger law reform this year.

  • Lucas Baird
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ACCC chairman Rod Sims says competition is muted and consumers pay more when there are “look-alike players with stable positions”.

ACCC’s mobile attack backfires

The ACCC never liked the fact that a Federal Court judge approved the TPG merger with Vodafone. But its attempt at payback has backfired.

  • Tony Boyd

May 2021

NBN is struggling to make and keep appointments due to the bungled introduction of a new system.

NBN under fire as telcos rage about cancellations

NBN Co has held crisis talks with internet providers as its bungled introduction of a new field operations model has seen hundreds of appointments for connections and faults cancelled.

  • Paul Smith

February 2021

TPG’s 5G rollout is in full swing and it is primed to grow, chief executive Iñaki Berroeta says.

Tax credit lifts TPG to full-year profit

Chief executive Iñaki Berroeta said the company was primed to grow thanks to its new-found scale after last year’s merger with Vodafone Australia.

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  • Lucas Baird

January 2021

Telstra head of networks Nikos Katinakis says he is working to "maximise the utilisation" of the ultra-fast millimetre wave spectrum.

Telstra reveals immediate 5G plans as it awaits innovation

Telstra will soon have access to a huge amount of new millimetre wave spectrum. Head of networks Nikos Katinakis says the telco won't waste any of it.

  • James Fernyhough

December 2020

"We're impatient": Jeromy Wells has seen Whispir's share price double.

How this architect built Whispir into a tech star

Jeromy Wells tried to build a tech platform for the architecture industry. He ended up turning Whispir into a local tech star with plans to head for the US.

  • James Thomson

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