EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

It appears the planned merger between Vodafone and Hutchison may have hit its first snag.

The ACCC tabled what it called its "initial reservations" in a paper last night. They include the potential for less aggressive price competition and anti-competitive behaviour in network sharing arrangements. Ouch.

Submissions to the statement of issues are being accepted until mid-month. Should be interesting...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | April 02, 2009

Australia's telecommunications regulator has tabled some initial reservations to the proposed merger of Vodafone Australia and Hutchison, concerned it will remove the industry's most aggressive price competition.

By Brett Winterford | April 02, 2009

Hostworks' founding CEO Marty Gauvin has quit his post, citing that running the large web hosting company was "not as much fun" since it was acquired by Broadcast Australia.

By Daniel Robinson | April 02, 2009

Microsoft has announced a new entry-level server platform aimed at helping small businesses to get started when building up their IT infrastructure.

By Tom Young | April 02, 2009

PC makers HP, Lenovo and Dell have abandoned plans to eliminate vinyl plastic (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from their products by the end of 2009 because of the recession, according to Greenpeace.

By Ian Williams | April 02, 2009

Nokia has unveiled a beta version of its new Point & Find service, which lets users find relevant information and services on the internet by pointing their mobile phone camera at real-life objects.

By Ry Crozier | April 01, 2009

Telstra's CIO John McInerney has admitted he would spend less time replicating legacy systems into the new operational support systems (OSS) environment and give partners "a bit more time" for the project if he could do it over again.

By Ian Williams | April 02, 2009

Networking giant Cisco has unveiled new systems within its unified communications (UC) and TelePresence portfolios.

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