A new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country’s competition watchdog, says spectrum sharing may have a role in improving mobile coverage in regional Australia. Read more...

The rejection of an appeal by Telstra and TPG indicates regulators still favour network-based competition ahead of a model where rivals compete on services but share a network and spectrum. Read more...

ACMA has yet to issue any licences in the terahertz range, according to a white paper from the Australian regulator that also reviews the regulatory models adopted so far for spectrum bands above 100 GHz. Read more...

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said a regional network and spectrum sharing deal between Telstra and TPG, two of the country’s three mobile network operators (MNOs), was likely to reduce competition. Read more...

The India-backed plan, which opens up 2 x 40 MHz of low-band spectrum for 4G and 5G, has the potential for wider adoption across Asia. Read more...

Market leader Telstra will give smaller rival TPG access to its 4G/5G network in a broad area of the country outside the largest cities while TPG will share its 4G/5G spectrum with its larger peer in the same zone. Read more...

Urban areas delivered most of the revenues in the country’s regional auction of 850/900 MHz, although competition for frequencies was more intense outside the cities. Read more...

ACMA is considering a change of use for the 6 GHz band, the 1.5 GHz band and 1880—1920 MHz. Read more...

Australian communications minister Paul Fletcher is not wholly acting on the advice of the country’s competition watchdog on setting a spectrum cap for a forthcoming auction. Read more...

Wireless wholesaler Dense Air has sold its 3.6 GHz holdings in Australia to local mobile network operator TPG Telecom and acquired TPG’s 2.6 GHz frequencies. Read more...