David Olsen

Telstra on the back of announcing prepaid iPad data plans and revisions to their NextG Consumer Mobile Cap and Ultimate plans have also overhauled their business mobile cap plans.

Optus has used its second mover advantage to trump Telstra’s iPad plans, offering a range of prepaid and postpaid iPad plans that offer up to twice the value as Telstra.

Stephen Conroy has announced changes to the Australian Broadband Guarantee that will see subsidies dumped in areas served by Telstra’s NextG wireless broadband.

Telstra have released an agressive range of new NextG Cap plans after making a splash with plans tailored specifically for the iPad in the last week.

Qantas has been displaced as the Australian Government’s sole airline of choice, with Virgin Blue, Jetstar and Regional Express joining Qantas in sharing the Government’s domestic air travel contract.

Kevin Rudd’s National Broadband Network (NBN) looks likely to go ahead without Telstra, given the disparity between Telstra’s asking price and the savings using Telstra’s existing infrastructure would bring.

A study by Griffith University into franchise conflict has revealed the need for better communication between franchisors and their franchisees.

Telstra’s iPad prepaid data plans are out, but highlight how much the company is prepared to rip off their non-iPad prepaid wireless broadband customers. With iPad prepaid plan prices half what their wireless broadband customers pay.

Auction clearance rates have collapsed in three of Australia’s largest markets, after successive interest rate increases from the Reserve Bank. Listings were also down in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

The Commonwealth Bank will shut down their structured finance division, with department head Leanne Leong resigning after an internal review.