| Telstra defiant in face of 'keep CDMA going' order |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Thursday, 20 September 2007 | |
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Telstra has come out fighting in response to the Government-imposed requirement to keep its CDMA network operating until the Government is satisfied that the Next G network provides equivalent coverage.Featured Whitepaper
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Telstra says its commitment to the same or better guaranteed coverage by the scheduled closure date of 28 January 2008 "is a firm commitment that has been accepted on face value by more than one million consumers who are already Next G network users. However...the Federal Government has decided to impose a licence condition that requires Telstra to do what it has already promised – to guarantee that consumers have the same or better coverage than CDMA." Because she is involved in a court case with Telstra, communications minister Helen Coonan last week delegated responsibility for imposing the licence condition to Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, who took just 24 hours to do so |
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