Comments on: Senator Conroy flexes his muscles on Telstra http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/senator-conroy-flexes-his-muscles-on-telstra/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Warren S http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/senator-conroy-flexes-his-muscles-on-telstra/#comment-17962 Warren S Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17962 Chris Gibson. I too own Telstra shares. Demergers happen. Deal with it. If you're smart, you'll know which shares to sell and which ones to hold on to and which ones to sell. Sick of my fellow shareholders putting their greed ahead of the good of the nation. Chris Gibson.

I too own Telstra shares.

Demergers happen. Deal with it.

If you’re smart, you’ll know which shares to sell and which ones to hold on to and which ones to sell.

Sick of my fellow shareholders putting their greed ahead of the good of the nation.

]]> By: Chris Gibson http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/senator-conroy-flexes-his-muscles-on-telstra/#comment-17963 Chris Gibson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17963 Hey! Wait a minute Lot’s of us own Telstra. It is a Australian owned company unlike OPTUS owned by a corrupt regime from Singapore. If the company was to be split it should have been done before privatizing so we poor shareholders could have assessed it’s future. Hey! Wait a minute Lot’s of us own Telstra. It is a Australian owned company unlike OPTUS owned by a corrupt regime from Singapore. If the company was to be split it should have been done before privatizing so we poor shareholders could have assessed it’s future.

]]> By: Ray http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/senator-conroy-flexes-his-muscles-on-telstra/#comment-17964 Ray Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17964 Given Telstra's entrenched control of the domestic network , its reluctance to release network details, and Conroy's haste, I cannot see how Conroy is going to award virtually all of the National Broadband Network contract to anyone but Telstra. This being the case, I cannot see how Conroy is going to stop Telstra exercising its new virtual monopoly powers, unless there is at least operational separation within Telstra and strong regulation. Separation would be a simple matter to do operationally, as 'Networks' has been a separate Business Division within Telstra for over 10 years. Of course, the essential complementary move would be to have the Regulator regulate the wholesale prices that Telstra Networks would charge to all retail suppliers including Telstra. If the wholesale price is not regulated, Telstra will simply push up that price to all including its retailing divisions, and thus make all competitors uncompetitive. Regardless, if the Government gives in to allowing Telstr Given Telstra’s entrenched control of the domestic network , its reluctance to release network details, and Conroy’s haste, I cannot see how Conroy is going to award virtually all of the National Broadband Network contract to anyone but Telstra.
This being the case, I cannot see how Conroy is going to stop Telstra exercising its new virtual monopoly powers, unless there is at least operational separation within Telstra and strong regulation. Separation would be a simple matter to do operationally, as ‘Networks’ has been a separate Business Division within Telstra for over 10 years. Of course, the essential complementary move would be to have the Regulator regulate the wholesale prices that Telstra Networks would charge to all retail suppliers including Telstra. If the wholesale price is not regulated, Telstra will simply push up that price to all including its retailing divisions, and thus make all competitors uncompetitive.
Regardless, if the Government gives in to allowing Telstr

]]> By: Richard Thwaites http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/senator-conroy-flexes-his-muscles-on-telstra/#comment-17965 Richard Thwaites Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-17965 Neither UK nor New Zealand have implemented "structural separation", which means a separation of ownership between network ownership and service provision. They have both gone for versions of a "voluntary" operational separation that is supposed to set up effective Chinese Walls between the network, wholesale and retail operations of the incumbent telco, while still leaving it under single ownership structure. It seems to have worked reasonably well in UK, but is yet to take effect in NZ. As far as I know, Conroy has not suggested a forced structural separation of 'Telstra, though many commentators have over the years. Who dares bite the bullet? Neither UK nor New Zealand have implemented “structural separation”, which means a separation of ownership between network ownership and service provision. They have both gone for versions of a “voluntary” operational separation that is supposed to set up effective Chinese Walls between the network, wholesale and retail operations of the incumbent telco, while still leaving it under single ownership structure. It seems to have worked reasonably well in UK, but is yet to take effect in NZ. As far as I know, Conroy has not suggested a forced structural separation of ‘Telstra, though many commentators have over the years. Who dares bite the bullet?

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