CommsWire daily newsletter - 19 February 2020

Tax to help fund regional broadband services gets green light The Federal Government's proposed regional broadband scheme, which will impose an industry levy to fund the costs of paying for providing NBN connections in regional areas, is set to go ahead after a Senate inquiry recommended only that a few additional safeguards be adopted.

CommsWire - 5 December 2019

Vocus inks new oil & gas market submarine cable contract The Vocus Group telecommunications company has entered a contract with the Barossa Joint Venture to build, operate and own a high-capacity submarine fibre optic network for the proposed Barossa offshore gas project in the Bonaparte Basin, to the north of Darwin.

CommsWire - 29 October 2019

Problems with bills, service dominate complaints to TIO More than 30,000 consumers and small businesses complained about their phone and Internet services - with many complaining about problems with their bills and the quality of customer service - over a three month period to the end of September this year, according to the latest complaints report from the Telecomunications Industry Ombudsman.

CommsWire - 6 August 2019

‘Underperforming’ broadband services still a problem: ACCC Underperforming broadband services are still a problem for some consumers, with a newly publish report revealing that 12.4% of consumers continue to experience underperforming services that “rarely come close to reaching their maximum plan speed”.

CommsWire - 18 July 2019

We've had problems with email connections for the last two weeks! We wrongly got labelled as spammers simply for sending out this newsletter every day. This is last Thursday's and I'll try and catch up. If you missed one, please go to: telsoc.org/newsletters/commswire Regards, Tim Herring

CommsWire - 12 July 2019

Dear TelSoc Member, You have probably noticed we have been having problems with getting CommsWire to you in the last two weeks. This was due to being blacklisted for suspected spam, subsequently found to be in error. Hopefully these problems are behind us and this is Friday's edition - finally!

CommsWire - 4 July 2019

Vocus Group to operate as three independent business units Australia's fourth largest telecommunications company, the Vocus Group, has announced that it will be simplifying its business into three independent business units.

CommsWire - 17 June 2019

AGL Energy pulls out of bid for Vocus Communications Australia's fourth largest telecommunications operator Vocus Communications has lost another suitor, with AGL Energy announcing on Monday that it had withdrawn its non-binding, indicative proposal to acquire the firm.

CommsWire - 11 June 2019

Energy firm AGL seeks to buy Vocus for $3b Vocus Communications has received another takeover offer, this time from AGL Energy, which has made a bid to buy all the shares in the company for $4.85 a share, meaning that the total bid would come to a shade over $3 billion.

CommsWire - 5 June 2019

Swedish firm EQT Infrastructure ends takeover talks with Vocus Swedish private equity firm EQT Infrastructure has ended talks with Vocus Communications over a possible takeover which valued the company at A$3.3 billion, the Australian firm says.