‘Higher-quality mobile services and lower prices’: TPG and Optus to team up in regional Australia

The ACCC has given the green light to a proposed network sharing deal between TPG Telecom and Optus that will give regional consumers more choice and greater coverage in the bush.

A similar network sharing deal between TPG and Telstra that was originally floated, was shut down by the competition regulator in December 2022 due to monopoly concerns.

Allowing the country’s number two and three telcos to team up in regional Australia, however, is “unlikely to substantially lessen competition”, the ACCC believes, while forcing market leader Telstra to offer better deals and coverage.