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ACCC clears Optus to scrap HFC network and use NBN instead

The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read more

AEC Commissioner joins Alacrity board

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Mobile internet provider Alacrity Technologies has appointed Andy Becker, former Electoral Commissioner of the Australian Electoral Commission, as a non-executive director. Becker's previous career includes eight years at the AEC as Electoral Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner and prior to that, 16 years as the South Australian Electoral Commissioner. At the AEC, Becker managed the 2001 and 2004 federal elections and oversaw the Constitutional Convention election and the 1999 referendum.