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Closing the gap: Vodafone’s desperate deal to catch Telstra and Optus

No matter how you interpret the $6.3 billion deal with Vocus, TPG - which owns the number three player in the mobiles market, Vodafone - is shrinking.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Lightning flashes across the sky as seen from Newport on Sydney’s northern beaches in January.

Northern Beaches Council signs up to Elon Musk’s satellites

Tech billionaire’s Starlink service will help future-proof up to 37 key locations across the council, with the satellites to provide an alternative to fibre cables.

  • Zoe Samios
Ellie Sweeney will take the reigns from Kevin Russell, who officially retires on March 1.

Vocus Group gets new CEO as Kevin Russell retires

Newly appointed CEO Ellie Sweeney will lead a $1 billion investment program as the telco sets its sights on picking up customers in rural and regional communities.

  • Zoe Samios
Starlink’s satellites are low earth orbit satellites, or LEOs, which sit around 300 kilometres from the ground, so they relay messages faster but need more satellites to cover the same surface area as geostationary satellites.

Vocus tees up Musk’s satellites to boost rural internet

The Macquarie-owned telco has linked up with Elon Musk’s low-orbit satellite business Starlink to deliver high-speed internet to businesses that operate in remote or regional Australia.

  • Zoe Samios
Working from home has caused a spike in internet usage.

‘NBN is profiteering from lockdowns’: Telcos join forces on pandemic relief

The CEOs of Australia’s five biggest telcos are saying the discounts on wholesale charges provided by NBN Co during the lockdowns are “insufficient”.

  • Zoe Samios
Vocus CEO Kevin Russell.

Vocus lands NT submarine gig to enhance infrastructure credentials

Australia’s fourth biggest telco Vocus has kicked off life as a private company by further enhancing its fibre footprint.

  • Supratim Adhikari
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Airlie’s Emma Fisher expects to see significant cash returns over the next 12 months.

M&A boom predicted after companies sit on $40 billion cash pile

Ongoing COVID lockdowns are not expected to stop companies opening the purse strings to pursue acquisitions or return cash to investors via buybacks and dividends. 

  • Colin Kruger
James Spenceley has seen the telecommunications market evolve over the last 20 years.

Swoop Telecom landing a bittersweet moment for Vocus founder

Veteran telco executive James Spenceley says second-tier telcos offer investors more upside compared to the likes of Telstra, TPG and Vocus.

  • Cara Waters
Telco companies are arguing NBN Co has not done enough to prevent a spike in customer cost for use of the network.

Telcos warn NBN pricing plans will lead to spike in internet bills

Telecommunications companies are warning proposed changes to NBN Co’s pricing structure will cost customers.

  • Zoe Samios
Vocus Group Managing Director and CEO Kevin Russell.

Vocus boss expects $3.5b Macquarie-led takeover will strengthen telco’s hand

Vocus boss Kevin Russell says the telco will be better placed to win a bigger slice of the market under private ownership, as it puts a planned New Zealand IPO on ice.

  • Supratim Adhikari

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