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13/02/2024
TPG Set to Trial the Use of 5G to Support Livestock Sales
TPG Telecom intends to conduct a trial using 5G networks and edge computing technology to help farmers count livestock during sales and auctions. The trial is set to take place in regional Victoria.   The plan to conduct a trial came after the telco was awarded $1.4m this week as part of the Federal Government’s $20m funding for projects under
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13/02/2024
TPG profits up 65 percent with popular bundle plans
TPG has announced a net profit increase of 65% in the second half of 2011, from $33.8 million to $55.7 million. Check out TPG's popular home phone and broadband bundle plans The telco has pointed to their popular bundle plans for most of their success, with 49,000 bundle subscribers over the half year. There are now 156,000 TPG bundle customers
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13/02/2024
TPG CEO: Merger Has Led to Lower Prices, Not Higher
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission claims that the merger of TPG and Vodafone has led to increased prices in the market were recently refuted by TPG Telecom CEO Inaki Berroeta. ACCC chair Rod Sims made the claims about prices in service. Sims cited these claims during his call for a debate about stronger antitrust laws in
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15/08/2022
Vodafone Challenges NBNCo with Cheaper 5G-based Broadband Plans Launch
TPG Telecom’s Vodafone’s recently launched 5G-based broadband plans, which are cheaper compared to its NBN equivalent.    For only $75 per month, Vodafone’s Premium 5G Home Internet Plan offers unlimited data and speeds up to 100Mbps. In addition, existing mobile service subscribers are offered a discount and can subscribe to the new 5G plan for
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15/08/2022
TPG Telecom Fast-Tracks 5G Network Deployment Thanks to Prefab Modular Kit
TPG Telecom has developed a prefabricated modular kit, dubbed the “5G Smart Module”. The company partnered with steel fabricators Site Pro 1 - based on Port Kembla - and radiofrequency experts Vecta Labs to develop this new way of working; with it, they aim to see hundreds of sites across Australia upgraded to 5G in the coming months.   The 5G
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15/08/2022
TPG Telecom 5G Standalone Devices Will Be Available Within Weeks
TPG Telecom has recently tripled its average site coverage footprint, an effect brought about by activating its 5G standalone core. Currently, the telco can already reach 85% of the population across ten major cities and regions. TPG also added that capability upgrades for major 5G devices could be expected in the coming weeks. According to TPG
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15/08/2022
Telstra and TPG Addressed Detractors of Network Sharing Deal
Telstra and TPG Telecom have addressed the critics of their planned network sharing arrangement. This came after Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin stated that this plan risked the establishment of “a regional monopoly reminiscent of the old Telecom.”   According to a Telstra spokesperson, the criticism of the deal came “from competitors who either
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15/08/2022
Donations Up to $1M in 2022 to be Made by TPG Telecom Foundation
The TPG Telecom Foundation, formerly known as the Vodafone Foundation Australia, recently invited applications for its 2022 donations round. This is expected to include up to $1 million in total funding. The rebranding was made to better align the foundation with its new parent company following the TPG-VHA merger. This announcement was made by
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4/08/2022
Stephen Banfield Set to Depart TPG
The Chief Financial Officer of TPG Telecom, Stephen Banfield, is set to depart the company this year after two decades of being with the company and its predecessors. He joined Comindico in 2000 and later, he acted as the financial controller at Soul Pattinson Telecommunications.   The company said that Banfield will remain in his role until
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28/07/2022
TPG adds Unlimited mobile and international calls to top-end bundle
TPG has had one of the most attractive overall phone and internet bundles for the last year - $70 for unlimited data, unlimited landline calls and 100 mins of free international calls. As the rest of the market has caught up, TPG has been forced to respond – and they’ve done so in a big, big way. An update to the plan, available now, has boosted
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28/07/2022
TPG releases new broadband ‘Off-Net’ ADSL and ADSL2+ plans
TPG has just found a way to provide more people around Australia with fast ADSL broadband combined with large download data quotas. It would seem TPG has made a deal with Telstra so it can offer ADSL connections ‘Off-Net’, or ‘Off the TPG network’. This means if TPG cannot provide you with a broadband connection using its own equipment at a
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1/07/2022
Australia Tower Network Alerts of the ‘Sovereign Risk’ with the Upcoming TPG-Telstra Deal
According to the Australia Tower Network, permitting Telstra to “circumvent” spectrum competition limits through the network sharing deal it will share with TPG Telecom will enable the former to defer its capital investment in regional areas. This means that the deal will undermine market balance and represents a “sovereign risk” that may damage
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