Vodafone, TPG merger: What you need to know – NEWS.com.au

The merger between Vodafone and TPG has been completed after the two companies won their court battle against the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.The pair faced off with the consumer watchdog after they were originally blocked from merging last year.The ACCC argued TPG was probably going to build its own mobile phone network and give Australian consumers a fourth choice, thereby increasing competition.
TPG and Vodafone argued that TPG’s plans for a mobile network were scuttled by the government’s decision to ban Huawei, whose cheaper technology TPG planned to rely upon.
It was also argued the two should be allowed to merge so they could effectively compete with Optus and Telstra, arguing stronger competition would provide better outcomes for consumers than more competition.
The merger is now underway as the new company’s assets are combined to form TPG Telecom.
The name of the new company aside, its brands. which now include Vodafone, TPG, iiNet, Lebara, AAPT and Internode, will remain the same.
The company said Vodafone and TPG customers will remain Vodafone and TPG customers, and there will be no difference in the day-to-day experience on the network for either.
Over the next few months TPG’s existing spectrum (the radio waves that carry mobile communications which telcos bid against each other for access to) and its small cell assets will be added into the Vodafone mobile network, with the plan to bring more capacity to support more customers and boost performance across the network.
Vodafone’s mobile sites will also be connected to TPG’s fibre network to increase performance.
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