Government pushes for Telstra break-up

The government has today attempted to start a process that would see Telstra split into more than one company in a move that has major implications for the roll-out of broadband in Australia.  

Media minister Stephen Conroy has called on the telco – which dominates Australia’s fixed phone line, broadband cable and mobile industry – to go through a structural separation on a “voluntary” basis. He said:

“For years industry has been calling for fundamental and historic micro-economic reform in telecommunications. Today we are delivering this outcome in Australia’s long term national interest.

“Telstra is one of the most highly integrated telecommunications companies in the world across the fixed-line copper, cable and mobile platforms.

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