The G9 consortium, made up from well known ISPs’ such as Optus, Primus, PowerTel and Internode etc.., have stated that they can develop an Australian high speed broadband network and offer half the price that Telstra have proposed. Optus chief executive Paul O’Sullivan recently blasted Telstra as being ‘greedy’ after the Telstra CEO ‘Sol Trujillo’ stated that they have no intention in joining any type of joint venture with the Government.
A GROUP of nine telecommunications companies led by Optus and backed by investment bank Investec will offer high-speed broadband at half the prices proposed by Telstra – if it wins a $4.7 billion tender with the Rudd Government.
In an exclusive interview with The Weekend Australian, Optus chief executive Paul O’Sullivan said Telstra’s “greedy bid to maintain its monopoly profits” would slow Australia down in its bid to deploy 21st century telecommunications infrastructure.
Mr Trujillo confirmed that Telstra wanted to build the network itself and planned to charge an “average” access price of about $85 per month, giving Australia broadband prices among the highest in the developed world.
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