This Month
42-year-old Sydney tech company saved with $150m price drop
Casa Systems bought NetComm for $161 million in 2019. Five years later another US company is buying it out of administration for just $US7 million.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Fresh meat in the Optus sandwich promised a helping hand
Optus and its owner, Singtel, have made governance changes to try to make the incoming CEO’s job easier. We’ll wait to see the proof.
- Anthony Macdonald
NBN fixer Stephen Rue to restore Optus’ credibility
Stephen Rue has been charged with restoring Optus’ reputation with consumers and improving its services when he leaves the NBN to run the beleaguered telco group.
- Jenny Wiggins
Why TPG Telecom changed its mind on Optus
After the departure of former Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, the rival telco groups decided to let “bygones be bygones”.
- Jenny Wiggins
April
Optus parent writes off billions and strikes $1.6b deal with TPG
Singtel has had to write off billions of dollars on Optus, offset partly by the beleaguered telco striking a $1.6 billion deal with Australian rival TPG.
- Updated
- Jenny Wiggins
Telstra mulls strategic review of its massive health portfolio
Telstra boss Vicky Brady talked up her desire to actively manage the telco’s sprawling portfolio at the half-year result.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
TPG, iiNet email accounts bounce to Philippines, Norway
Users of TPG Telecom and iiNet email have to deal with a call centre and a parent company in the northern hemisphere after their accounts were handed over to The Messaging Company.
- Jenny Wiggins
March
Optus-Brookfield mooted deal a boon for sector valuations
Expectations that the telco could fetch $16 billion to $18 billion could be a win for rivals Telstra and TPG Telecom, E&P analysts say.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Aussie Broadband shows how not to make a move on your rival
The spat between two telco rivals is going places you rarely see.
- Anthony Macdonald
The exquisite timing of Aussie Broadband’s Superloop share raid
Nothing gets the blood pumping more than a good ol’ hostile takeover.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
Research we’re watching: pancreatic cancer, dementia, Arctic ice
We look at recent research in: pancreatic cancer; three-dimensional processors; an ice-free Arctic; a dementia breakthrough; and a new cash crop for Australia.
- Alana Piper
- Analysis
- Analysis
‘Floptus’, hacks and outages: Optus show eyes next chapter
There has rarely been a dull moment at Optus. Now, a buyout offers a chance to reset.
- Updated
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Inside PE giant Brookfield’s playbook for Optus
Brookfield’s done this sort of telco turnaround before, and well within our view. It also made a lot of money out of it.
- Anthony Macdonald
Gates, Fink, Zuckerberg set to party with Asia’s richest man
The lavish pre-wedding celebrations for Mukesh Ambani’s son include chartered jets and a performance by Rihanna. Wall Street and Silicon Valley titans are coming.
- Anto Antony and Bhuma Shrivastava
February
TPG Telecom annual profits shrink despite surge in mobile customers
TPG Telecom boss Iñaki Berroeta says consumers are still willing to pay for mobile phone services despite rising prices.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Analysis
- Due diligence
Telstra dials up cost cuts as big business puts it on hold
Almost a year into running the telco, chief executive Vicki Brady needs to quickly tackle poorly performing businesses before they become too much of a drag on profit.
- Jenny Wiggins
Optus outage cost $61m parent Singtel reveals
Optus’ national phone and internet outage in late 2023 and currency fluctuations have been blamed for falling profits at the telecommunications group.
- Jenny Wiggins
Telstra guidance shrinks on fall in professional services demand
Telstra has warned of deteriorating business confidence and shaved $100m from the top of its full-year earnings target. It will pay an interim dividend of 9¢.
- Jenny Wiggins
January
Qantas poaches incoming Optus corporate affairs chief
Danielle Keighery was to start at the embattled telecommunications group next month. Instead, the former Crown Resorts executive will start at the airline.
- Jenny Wiggins
Optus admits gross error on number of failed 000 calls during outage
Optus told a Senate hearing last year that 228 emergency calls failed during a national outage but now admits the true number was 10 times higher at 2697.
- Jenny Wiggins
