The federal government has taken steps to ensure no single telecommunication company will have an unfair advantage in an upcoming auction of spectrum for mobile device providers.

Regional pay TV provider Austar will seek court approval to postpone a shareholder vote on Foxtel's proposed take-over because the competition watchdog is yet to approve the deal.

This year’s Telstra Annual General Meeting (AGM) on October 18 was particularly significant for the telco.

The chief of NBN Co says he would be concerned if the competition watchdog and Telstra were unable to reach agreement on structural separation.

The competition watchdog says it will appeal a court decision that rejected its claim Google was engaging in misleading conduct.

ACCC raises concerns in Telstra split

Foxtel and Webjet have both reported strongly yearly results.

Austar United Communications reported a four-fold increase in first half net profit and expressed confidence a proposed merger with Foxtel would proceed.