M2 Telecommunications Group (ASX: MTU) has become the first retail service provider to connect an NBN customer via Telstra Wholesale, which is the first provider to offer products and services over the NBN that can be re-sold to consumers.

Telstra CEO, David Thodey, has announced a major restructuring of the company in move designed to "sharpen the company's focus on customers and position Telstra for industry changes including the National Broadband Network."

Internode has extended the reach of those of its broadband plans provided by reselling Telstra services - to a total of 1300 telephone exchanges nationally - after negotiating improved terms with Telstra Wholesale, and says the new plans offer faster speeds, lower prices and improved data quotas.

National broadband company, Internode, has called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to force Telstra to end the “price squeeze” caused by its “anti-competitive broadband pricing.”

Telstra CEO David Thodey has moved to stamp his mark on the organisation with the creation of new product and customer service units and a new international division.

A 20-year veteran of the telecommunications industry has been appointed head of Ovum’s consulting business in Australia and New Zealand to manage what the firm says is “continued and consistent growth within this segment of the business.”

The Senate enquiry into the telecoms reform legislation is getting lots of air-time but what really matters is the horse trading going on between Telstra and the Government over Telstra's contribution to and role in the NBN.

Predictions of the demise of Telstra Wholesale in the face of an open access, wholesale-only National Broadband Network are vastly premature, the company’s new wholesale chief Paul Geason said.

Telstra rival Singtel Optus has taken the opportunity to launch a broadside at the incumbent fixed line carrier over its public submission to the Senate inquiry into regulatory reform, which urges the Senate to delay debate on the National Broadband Network until after the Government's implementation study is complete.

Australia’s federal government has come out with an offer that Australia’s dominant and supposedly independent telco, Telstra, seemingly cannot refuse: structurally separate the company or the government will do it for you.