[AusNOG] TPG + Vodafone

[Skeeve Stevens]

TPG and Vodafone sign massive deal.

From:
http://www.asx.com.au/prices/market-news-detail.htm?an=DJDN000020150929eb9t003oq

By Robb M. Stewart

MELBOURNE, Australia--Internet-services provider TPG Telecom Ltd. (TPM.AU)
has struck deals worth more than 1 billion Australian dollars (US$698.4
million) to expand Vodafone Hutchison Australia's transmission network and
to migrate its mobile-phone customers to the Vodafone network.

Under one agreement, TPG said Wednesday it would provide so-called dark
fiber and network services to more than 3,000 Vodafone Australia sites over
a 15-year term. That will require TPG to extend its existing fiber
infrastructure with the construction of about 4,000 kilometers of new fiber
to Vodafone sites across the country.

The two companies said they also have signed one of the industry's
largest-ever "mobile virtual network operator" agreements to move TPG's
mobile wholesale customer base to Vodafone's network, which offers
substantially faster data speeds.

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This isn't the expected "TPG buys Vodafone", but they have certainly got
engaged.



...Skeeve


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