There’s been industry speculation that Vodafone might pull out of the Australian market. Clearly that’s not the case with the proposed merger with 3 Mobile, which is subject to approval by the ACCC and the Foreign Investment Review Board.
In Australia, Vodafone never matched its success in Europe and 3 has been a financial drain for Hutchison. So where did these two companies go wrong and will they fare any better as a combined entity?
Will they need a fixed line component to grow revenues and retain their customer base? Can they really compete against the strength of Telstra’s Next G network?
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In this week’s show Phil Dobbie talks to:
- Industry analyst Paul Budde
- Deena Shiff, group managing director, Telstra Business
- Simon Hackett, managing director of Internode
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Do poor people make the rich richer?
Karl Marx argued that the bourgeoisie got rich by creaming their wealth off the proletariat who did all the work. Was he right?
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The Mining Super Profits Tax Unearthed
The mining industry is fighting through an expensive advertising campaign to influence attitudes on the proposed resources rent tax. Is it a good idea and even if it is, is now the right time to do it?
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Wired Brown Land: The podcast
Paul Fletcher has seen two sides of the telecommunications industry. First as an advisor to Senator Alston, the communications minister under the Howard Government, then he headed Regulatory Affairs for Optus. So what insights can he provide on the industry over the last decade?
