TELECOMMUNICATIONS – AUSTRALIA

TPG and Optus speak the right language to win over recent migrants joining Australian home phone market

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 18-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that seven per cent of Australians aged 14+ (1.4 million people) have lived in the country for five years or less, and 45 per cent of these recent migrants have a home phone. The survey, which was carried out in the year to December 2015, also shows that TPG has a 30.1 per cent share of the home phone market among recent migrants, ahead of Telstra (32.9 per cent) and Optus (16.3 per cent). Meanwhile, 19.7 per cent of home phone customers speak a language other than English at home, but 63.3 per cent of TPG’s home phone customers have English as a second language.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, IINET LIMITED, DODO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Engineer ‘turned off’ Telstra net

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 11 : 10-Feb-16

Telstra will offer its mobile customers free data on 14 February 2016 to compensate for an outage which took its mobile networks offline for about three hours. The telco will undertake an investigation into the outage, which occurred when a Telstra engineer accidentally switched off a core node without complying with the appropriate procedures. COO Kate McKenzie has given assurances that a similar incident will not occur again. The outage also affected emergency services and companies that use Eftpos terminals.

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, CABCHARGE AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX CAB, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, POLICE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA

Optus prepares for Premier League debut

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 8-Feb-16

Australian telco Optus has yet to provide much detail of its packages for access to English Premier League matches, with its exclusive broadcasting contract to begin in August 2016. However, the telco is said to be planning to introduce a direct-to-consumer subscription-based streaming service for mobile devices and PCs. It is expected to be available to customers of rival telcos, although they will pay a higher price than Optus customers.

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SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB, LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB PLC, ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB PLC, AL JAZEERA, BEIN SPORTS, UNION EUROPEENNE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, DFL DEUTSCHE FUSSBALL LIGA GMBH, FETCHTV PTY LTD, APPLE INCORPORATED, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

5.5 million Australians would unlock mobile phone to advertising (for a discount)

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 37 per cent of Australian smartphone users aged 14+ would be interested in receiving ads on their mobile phone if it reduced their bill. The survey, which was carried out in the year to September 2015, also shows that 47 per cent of Dodo’s smartphone customers would be interested in an ad-supported quid pro quo (47 per cent), followed by customers of Vodafone (44 per cent), Amaysim (43 per cent) and Optus (40 per cent).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, DODO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, VODAFONE AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AMAYSIM AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX AYS, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, LEBARA AUSTRALIA LIMITED, BOOST MOBILE, IINET LIMITED, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, VIRGIN MOBILE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, UNLOCKD PTY LTD

Amaysim shares surge on $70m Vaya takeover

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Original article by Ruth Liew
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 5-Jan-16

Amaysim currently boasts 718,000 mobile telephone subscribers, and the acquisition of online-only telco Vaya will increase its customer base by around 140,000. CEO Julian Ogrin says the $A70m deal will assist the growth strategy of Amaysim, which is aiming for one million customers by 2019. Ogrin anticipates further consolidation in the mobile phone market in 2016. Amaysim shares closed 20 per cent higher at $A2.75 on 4 January.

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AMAYSIM AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX AYS, VAYA PTY LTD, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, IINET LIMITED, VOCUS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX VOC, M2 GROUP LIMITED – ASX MTU, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, VODAFONE AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Optus sets bar high for Premier League games

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 13-Nov-15

Singtel Optus has posted a 2015-16 interim net profit of $A426m net profit, which is eight per cent higher than previously. EBITDA and revenue were up 7.8 per cent and 9.3 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, Optus is yet to finalise the packages and prices for its coverage of English Premier League (EPL) matches, for which it recently gained the exclusive Australian rights. CEO Allen Lew has stressed that Optus’s live streams of EPL matches will be in high definition.

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SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, VODAFONE HUTCHISON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION

EPL rights loss to Optus a blow to Foxtel, Macquarie says

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Original article by Vesna Poljak
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 4-Nov-15

Andrew Levy of Macquarie Group says Singtel Optus’s deal to acquire the English Premier League rights is a "clear negative" for incumbent broadcaster Foxtel. Levy notes that English soccer is popular with Foxtel subscribers, and the pay-TV group has benefited from the Premier League’s exclusion from the anti-siphoning list. Fox Sports also recently lost the right to broadcast the popular Saturday and Monday night National Rugby League matches.

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SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD

Optus pads up with Cricket Australia

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 23-Oct-15

Singtel Optus has secured a three-year digital broadcasting rights deal with Cricket Australia, which will allow the telco’s customers to access the Cricket Australia Live Pass from late October 2015. Optus CEO Allen Lew says that in addition to live streaming of cricket matches, the telco plans to offer a range of interactive content. He has also signalled that Optus will pursue digital rights deals for other sports.

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SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, THE A LEAGUE PTY LTD, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Ziggy casts doubt on NBN timetable

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Original article by James Chessell, David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 8 : 19-Oct-15

NBN Co expects the national broadband network to be rolled out to an extra 7.5 million premises in the next three years. However, chairman Ziggy Switkowski says that achieving the target of making the network accessible to more than 11 million homes by 2020 would be an "heroic outcome" given the current state of the rollout. The Australian Government is confident that the rollout will be completed by 2020.

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NBN CO LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD

Optus repeats Netflix offer

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

US-based subscription video-on-demand provider Netflix has renewed its alliance with Singtel-Optus. The Australian telco will bundle a six-month Netflix subscription with some of its broadband packages from November 2015 until the end of January 2016. Optus is also expected to offer a Netflix subscription to new mobile customers. Vicki Brady of Optus notes that broadband traffic on its fixed-line network has risen by 50 per cent since April.

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NETFLIX INCORPORATED, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, IINET LIMITED, M2 GROUP LIMITED – ASX MTU, VOCUS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX VOC, VODAFONE AUSTRALIA LIMITED, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED