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Telstra revises structural separation plan

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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December 9 2011

In hopes of satisfying concerns raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), dominant national telecom provider Telstra submitted a revised structural separation plan to the ACCC last Friday that is required for completion of an $11 billion agreement between Telstra and the government-owned company that is charged with rolling out Australia’s national broadband network (NBN

Australian regulator says Telstra must revise separation plan

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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September 2 2011

Competition authorities in Australia informed Telstra on Tuesday that the company’s plan to separate its wholesale and retail businesses as part of an agreement with the government-owned company charged with rolling out Australia’s national broadband network (NBN) does not satisfy legislative requirements and must be revised

Corning awarded $1.19 billion contract for Australian NBN

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia, USA
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January 21 2011

A subsidiary of US fiber optic cable maker Corning, Inc is among three firms awarded contracts this week for deployment of the first phase of Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN), which is slated to reach 93 of Australian homes and businesses within the next decade

Australian lawmakers mandate separation of Telstra

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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December 3 2010

Plans to implement a national broadband network (NBN) that will reach 93 of Australia's population by 2020 cleared a key hurdle, as members of Australia's Senate adopted legislation last Friday that requires dominant national carrier Telstra to structurally separate its wholesale and retail operations

Telstra, government reach agreement on Australian broadband network

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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June 25 2010

In a key breakthrough that is expected to reduce significantly the cost of deploying Australia's planned national broadband network (NBN), dominant state telco Telstra reached a preliminary agreement with the Australian government through which Telstra would contribute its network infrastructure to the US$37.4 billion NBN project

Study says Australia can deploy national broadband network without help from Telstra

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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May 7 2010

A study released yesterday endorses the Australian government's vision of a national broadband network (NBN) and maintains that the participation of dominant state telco Telstra in the US$39 billion project is not needed for the network to be financially viable

Telstra tells government that separation plan is unnecessary

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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October 16 2009

In documents filed with an Australian Senate committee last Friday, dominant state telecom operator Telstra fought back against a proposed bill that would impose structural separation requirements on the carrier, warning that the plan is likely to destroy shareholder value and create uncertainties surrounding the future deployment of Australia’s US $38.8 billion national broadband network (NBN

Proposed bill would force Telstra to break up

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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September 18 2009

Charging that Australia’s current telecom sector has been "widely criticized as being cumbersome," a top Australian government official unveiled a bill this week that would require Telstra, the nation’s largest telecom service provider, to separate structurally its wholesale and retail operations

Australian regulator urges structural separation of Telstra

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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June 19 2009

In documents filed as part of an ongoing regulatory review of Australia’s telecom sector, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) urged the government to consider the structural separation of national telco Telstra, proclaiming that such a step is needed to ensure equal access to a national broadband network (NBN) that the government plans to build in partnership with the private sector

Intelsat to host satellite payload for Australian military

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Australia
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May 1 2009

In what is being touted as the first deal of its kind, Intelsat signed a $167 million contract with the Australian Defense Force (ADF) that provides the ADF with long-term telecommunications capacity aboard a commercial Intelsat satellite that is scheduled for deployment in 2012