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Why did Google go nuclear over news? – The Australian Financial Review
Google is one of the most successful technology companies of the past 20 years. But its reputation as a good corporate citizen is being clouded by its aggressive response to government regulation, a pattern of behaviour being repeated in Australia.
Thanks to Telstra’s intransigence, wholesale broadband provider NBN Co has to pay fees for eternity to use Telstra’s ducts, pipes and pits. In New Zealand, the broadband company spun out of Telecom New Zealand, called Chorus, owns and operates the infrastructure.
People with a long history of dealing with governments, including CEOs and heads of regulatory affairs, tell Chanticleer they were mystified by Google’s response to regulatory moves to counter balance their market power.
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