Time to break up Telstra
High Court judges throw out Telstra’s network challenge
As Telstra hits yet another brick wall in its effort to cement its monopoly through court action, it begs the question of when a government is going to bite the bullet and accept the fact that splitting the retail business from the national communications infrastructure is the only option at this stage? Notwithstanding the fact that millions of shareholders would need to be compensated (which is why the rush to privatise was a bad idea), it must be becoming clear that a national telco constantly going to court is not good for anyone.