Merger approval after 18 month wait will allow Vodafone to speed up 5G deployment
Australia will have a strong third telco just as 5G arrives, the Vodafone Australia CEO has said.
Australia will have a strong third telco just as 5G arrives, the Vodafone Australia CEO has said.
After three weeks of evidence and four months of consideration, Justice Middleton has ruled that the proposed merger between Vodafone and TPG can proceed.
The emergence of two new wireless standards will cause IT decision-makers to think carefully.
The case is adjourned until the decision is handed down later this year or in February 2020.
Justice Middleton opened the final days of the case between the ACCC and VHA/TPG over the proposed merger by saying he was hoping for a judgement prior to end of 2019 but it's more likely that a decision will come in February 2020.
Despite saying it was ending its mobile network at the start of the year, TPG's head of operations and products has revealed the telco continued to talk to mobile equipment vendors.
Week two of Vodafone and TPG's fight against the ACCC started with the commission trying to dismantle Vodafone's business case for the merger with TPG.
The ACCC continues to paint the picture that TPG's network rollout plans were ad hoc management decisions conjured from the mind of its reclusive CEO David Teoh.
The ACCC has painted TPG as a fiefdom run by David Teoh with poor governance and a lack of real documentation.