Telstra sues Coonan. Again.
When Telstra took the federal government and ACCC to the High Court, arguing that the telecommunications access regime in Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act was unconstitutional, it signalled a new low point in the historically rocky relationship between the incumbent monopoly telco and the federal government.
When Telstra sued the federal communications minister, Helen Coonan, over her decision to award funding to a competitor to deliver rural broadband infrastructure and services, it was hard to imagine that things could get any worse.
Today brings news that Telstra is suing Coonan again, this time over her decision to amend the conditions of their carrier license to prevent the impending shut-down of Telstra's rural CDMA network, until such time as the replacement "NextG" network was an adequate replacement.
Telstra are sending an unmistakable message to the federal government - do anything to us that we don't like and we'll haul you into court. Especially if it involves giving money or business to our competitors.
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo has said that things could not be worse for Telstra under a Labor government. I'm sure Telstra are praying for a change of government, because they have well and truly burned their bridges with the coalition.
When Telstra sued the federal communications minister, Helen Coonan, over her decision to award funding to a competitor to deliver rural broadband infrastructure and services, it was hard to imagine that things could get any worse.
Today brings news that Telstra is suing Coonan again, this time over her decision to amend the conditions of their carrier license to prevent the impending shut-down of Telstra's rural CDMA network, until such time as the replacement "NextG" network was an adequate replacement.
Telstra are sending an unmistakable message to the federal government - do anything to us that we don't like and we'll haul you into court. Especially if it involves giving money or business to our competitors.
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo has said that things could not be worse for Telstra under a Labor government. I'm sure Telstra are praying for a change of government, because they have well and truly burned their bridges with the coalition.
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