Rivals Dare Telstra to Co-Operate

Telstra’s rivals have challenged the telecoms giant to prevent a rerun of the $7 billion cable wars of the 1990s by creating an independent infrastructure company to bring fast broadband services to up to 6 million Australian homes. A consortium led by Optus, iiNet and Macquarie Telecom, known as the G9, announced the proposal in July and yesterday provided financial details of the network which would stretch further than one originally mooted by Telstra