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		<title><![CDATA[Smaller ISPs may become cheaper, faster.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200301/ai_n17643651]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jan 22, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX)    Altering the way broadband data charges are allocated could result  in better service in Australia. Such changes may occur if the Australian  Government pursues a suggestion by its Broadband Advisory Group to have ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Watchdog checks pre-paid phone cards.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200212/ai_n17824131]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dec 26, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX)    The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has  launched an investigation of pre-paid mobile telephones. The ACCC is  concerned that some of the supposedly "hassle-free" pre-paid  deals offered by Singtel Optus and Telstra lock unsuspecting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Money up front - but innocents still locked in.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200212/ai_n17824135]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dec 26, 2002 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX)    Australian telcos Singtel Optus and Telstra will have their  pre-paid mobile telephone plans investigated. The Australian Competition  & Consumer Commission ACCC will look into the plans after  revelations that they lock consumers in for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sydney: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission backs a revised A$1.30 billon  alliance between Foxtel and SingTel Optus to share pay TV programs - $728 million - Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FGI/is_12_13/ai_96237425]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sydney: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission backs a revised A$1.30 billon ($728 million) alliance between Foxtel and SingTel Optus to share pay TV programs, on the grounds that the deal would provide improved access programs for all pay TV operators and a broader consumer choice. The ACCC also approves...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Action heats up on interactive TV.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200211/ai_n17811925]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nov 18, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)    Australian interactive and digital TV will receive a boost from a  pay-TV content sharing deal. The approval of a deal between Foxtel and  Singtel Optus by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission  ACCC means Foxtel...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Increased scrutiny of legislation likely.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200211/ai_n17821727]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nov 13, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX)    The Australian Senate is likely to increase its scrutiny of the  Telecommunications Competition Bill. This follows the decision by the  Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC on 13 November  2002 to endorse an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fels says yes to pay-TV content deal.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200211/ai_n17821385]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nov 13, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)    The face of pay-TV in Australia has been changed. The Australian  Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has approved a massive  content-sharing deal between Singtel Optus and Foxtel. This will  increase the number of channels available...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Access a sticking point in pay-TV talks.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200210/ai_n17643779]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oct 31, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX)    Cable access by third parties has emerged as the main regulatory  obstacle to Australia's proposed pay-TV alliance. The two leading  operators, Telstra-controlled Foxtel and Singapore  Telecommunications' SingTel Optus, have proposed a system under...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ten brands Foxtel deal "unworkable".]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200210/ai_n17680515]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oct 03, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX)    In Australia, Ten Network has formally opposed the planned pay-TV  alliance between Foxtel and SingTel Optus. In a written submission to  the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC, the  free-to-air television network said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rival gives Foxtel nod for restructure.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200209/ai_n17675272]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sep 30, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)    Neighbourhood Cable has endorsed the content sharing pay television  deal proposed by Foxtel and Singtel Optus. Neighbourhood Cable is a  regional Victorian pay television and high-speed Internet service  provider. CEO, Fred Grossman, in reversing a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boss defends Foxtel charge.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200209/ai_n17656751]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sep 17, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX)    Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel's CEO, Kim Williams, has  defended the charges third parties would pay to access the group's  network. In its undertaking to the Australian Competition & Consumer  Commission ACCC to have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foxtel still has elbow room.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200209/ai_n17633181]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sep 08, 2002 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX)    Telstra, Foxtel's 50 per cent owner, has indicated it could  improve its pay television anti-monopoly undertakings. Foxtel has  undertaken to provide third party access to have the Australian  competition regulator, the Australian Competition...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pay TV revamp may mean 480 channels.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200209/ai_n17626012]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sep 05, 2002 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX)    Australian pay TV operator Foxtel will spend $A600m converting its  services to digital, making up to 480 channels available. The move to  expand the current 50 channels is designed to allay fears that its  integration...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Everything done" to please Fels.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200208/ai_n17829692]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aug 28, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX)    Telstra has done all it can to satisfy the regulator on the planned  alliance between Foxtel and SingTel Optus. So says Ziggy Switkowski, CEO  of Telstra, which half-owns Foxtel, Australia's biggest but  loss-making...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Watchdog eyes off revised pay-TV alliance plan.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200208/ai_n17828100]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aug 27, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX)    Australian pay television giants Foxtel and Singtel Optus will  release a revised plan for their proposed alliance in early September  2002. Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC chairman,  Allan Fels, says he expects to rule...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fels hoses down expectations for Foxtel-Optus merger.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200207/ai_n17598474]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jul 31, 2002 The Age     ABIX via COMTEX -- Regulatory approval is by no means assured for  Foxtel's revised proposal for program sharing with Singtel Optus.  On 31 July 2002, the chairman of the Australian Competition &  Consumer Commission ACCC, Allan Fels, said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foxtel offers access to win pay-TV alliance.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200207/ai_n17767196]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jul 08, 2002 The Australian Financial Review     ABIX via COMTEX -- Partners in the Australian pay television  company, Foxtel, are seeking a strategic alliance with Singtel Optus.  News Corporation, Publishing & Broadcasting and Telstra have  promised to spend more than $A500m to convert...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fels scotches pay-TV scheme.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200206/ai_n17703216]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ABIX via COMTEX) -- Foxtel and Singapore Telecommunications-owned  SingTel Optus have proposed a program-sharing arrangement. The  Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC rejected the  deal because it could significantly reduce competiti  ABIX via COMTEX) -- Foxtel and Singapore Telecommunications-owned  SingTel Optus have proposed a program-sharing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chisholm v Fels.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200206/ai_n17689586]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ABIX via COMTEX) -- Legendary Australian media executive, Sam  Chisholm, has had dealings with the competition regulator, Allan Fels,  before. Known for his ability to negotiate deals behind the scene,  Chisholm was called back to help News Corporation's proposed merger  with Australis Media in 1996. On...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foxtel to fight for pay-TV merger.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200206/ai_n17692397]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian pay television group, Foxtel,  will work to give media companies access to its cable. Foxtel's  CEO, Kim Williams, said the central issue in winning approval for a  $A1.3bn content-sharing deal with pay television rival Singtel Optus is  a transparent and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/australia.html"><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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