2018; A Year In Review

March
  • iiNet and Internode are the latest telcos to refund customers for slow NBN

April
  • Vocus Communications fails to offload New Zealand business
  • Kogan opens home broadband business with NBN plans from Vodafone
  • Optus takes down job ad seeking "Anglo Saxon" applicants

May
  • Telstra takes Optus to court over "Empires end" advertising campaign
  • Optus takes Telstra to court over unlimited data advertisements

  • Optus fined $1.5 million over NBN migrations
  • Virgin Mobile to shut down in Australia, with up to 200 jobs at stake

June
  • Telstra to axe at least 8000 jobs, reorganise management in major overhaul
  • Macquarie Telecom forges new $100 million deal with NBN Co for direct wholesale access

August
  • Optus to cut 840 jobs
  • TPG, Vodafone Australia to merge in bid to compete against Telstra, Optus

October
  • Telstra failed to connect 1400 Triple Zero calls: ACMA
  • Telstra shareholders vote down executive pay
  • Optus, Telstra, TPG publish peering criteria for interested ISPs
  • Amaysim exits broadband market after 18 months

November
  • Telstra fault takes down Eftpos and ATMs
  • Telcos fail ACMA's complaint-handling audit

December
  • ACCC takes TPG Telecom to court over "prepayment" charges
  • Inabox shareholders approve sale to MNF Group
  • Telstra to introduce new ICT channel in small business revamp
  • ACMA awards 5G spectrum to Telstra, Optus, TPG and UK's Dense Air



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