INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS – AUSTRALIA

TPG cutting customer service could derail iiNet purchase

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 17-Mar-15

TPG Telecom’s proposed acquisition of iiNet for $A1.4 billion has triggered a rise in the share prices of both companies. Shareholders may be optimistic, but iiNet customers have expressed reservations about the merger’s impact on the ISP’s high level of customer service. TPG in contrast specialises in the provision of low-cost internet access

CORPORATES
IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, BDO GROUP PTY LTD, CITI PTY LTD

Roy Morgan announces the winners of the 2014 Telecommunications Customer Satisfaction Awards

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 19-Feb-15

Roy Morgan Research announced the winners of its 2014 Customer Satisfaction Awards for the telecommunications industry on 18 February 2015. Amaysim was named the Mobile Phone Service Provider of the Year for the second year running, while Internode won the award for Home Internet Service Provider of the Year for the fourth successive year. Southern Phone was named the Home Phone Provider of the Year and Apple won the award for Handset Provider of the Year

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AMAYSIM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, INTERNODE SYSTEMS PTY LTD, SOUTHERN PHONE COMPANY LIMITED, APPLE INCORPORATED, IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM

NBN win could cost TPG sales

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 6-Jan-15

New restrictions on companies building fast broadband networks have resulted in TPG Telecom stopping sales of its superfast broadband plan. Australian Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the extra restrictions on 14 December 2014. His motivation was to protect the interests of the national broadband network operator, NBN Co. TPG stated on 5 January 2015 that the company was unable to meet the new requirements and that consequently new orders for the service will not be accepted

CORPORATES
TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, NBN CO LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS

iiNet to tackle Optus, Telstra for NSW growth

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 20 : 24-Nov-14

CEO David Buckingham says listed ISP iiNet is keen to lift its market share in New South Wales against dominant telcos Telstra and Singtel Optus. Australia-wide, the company ranks just behind Optus, with 950,000 broadband subscribers to 1.03 million. iiNet’s sharemarket capitalisation has grown 380%-plus to $A1.3bn since 2009, as it has purchased rivals including Internode, Adam Internet and TransACT. While iiNet has only a 15% share of the overall fixed broadband market, in the segment of national broadband network connections it is 20%

CORPORATES
IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX SGT, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, INTERNODE SYSTEMS PTY LTD, ADAM INTERNET PTY LTD, TRANSACT COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, M2 GROUP LIMITED – ASX MTU, CIMB SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, GOLDMAN SACHS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NBN CO LIMITED

Optus lines up new content bundles

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 21 : 14-Nov-14

Second-ranked Australian telco Singtel Optus has posted a rise in underlying net profit of 7.4% to $A417m in the half-year ending 30 September 2014. The mobile telephony division boosted its revenue 1.1% to $A2.7bn. However it suffered a drop of 92,000 in subscriber numbers, while there was also one of 207,000 in the mobile broadband segment. CEO Allen Lew says Optus will soon roll out new bundled deals with content providers, to reverse the under-performance of its fixed-broadband operation

CORPORATES
SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX SGT, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, VODAFONE HUTCHISON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SPOTIFY LIMITED

PwC enlisted to count cost of metadata laws

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 20 : 8-Oct-14

The Australian Government aims to soon pass new laws that will force telcos and ISPs to store metadata for 24 months, to boost national security. It has now emerged that a study has been commissioned from PricewaterhouseCoopers by the Attorney-General’s Department, of the projected cost burden for the sector that will be created by the implementation of the necessary IT solutions. Second-ranked telco Singtel Optus has put this at between $A30m and $A200m

CORPORATES
SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX SGT, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, TWITTER AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LTD, TWITTER INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED

TPG enters ring with Foxtel, FetchTV

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 30 : 25-Sep-14

Internet service provider TPG Telecom will launch a premium TV service in early 2015. Craig Levy, of TPG, said that the company has provided internet-protocol TV (IPTV) for more than five years, but lacks content. TPG will compete against Foxtel, whose products are bundled with Telstra, and with internet service providers that use FetchTV. TPG posted a net profit of $A172 million for 2013-14, a rise of 15 per cent

CORPORATES
TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD, IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX SGT, AAPT LIMITED, PIPE NETWORKS LIMITED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ

Crackdown on net piracy

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Original article by Dominic White
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 36 : 4-Aug-14

The Australian Government plans to hold a forum with the CEOs of media groups and ISPs on the issue of illegal downloading of copyrighted material. It follows the release of a discussion paper by Attorney-General George Brandis and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, which examines options for combating the problem of internet piracy. The forum is likely to be held later in August 2014

CORPORATES
AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO NATIONAL AUSTRALIA, FREE TV AUSTRALIA LIMITED

iiNet says NBN key to its growth

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 20 : 1-Aug-14

The newly appointed CEO of iiNet, David Buckingham, has unveiled his plans for the group. He would like the Australian-listed ISP to expand in the business technology and mobile service markets. Buckingham also wants the company to be more active in the roll-out of the national broadband network. The company has about one million subscribers and a market capitalisation of $A1.23 billion

CORPORATES
IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, NBN CO LIMITED, SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX SGT, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, ASX LIMITED – ASX ASX, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, M2 GROUP LIMITED – ASX MTU