Telstra submits split plans

Telstra has revealed how it plans to shut down the copper telephone network by 2018, in a document submitted to the competition watchdog.

It is also proposing new regulations for the copper network under which Telstra would report internal pricing for the first time, and prevent staff in network and wholesale divisions working with Telstra's retail unit. The structural separation undertaking and migration plan, submitted on Friday and released yesterday, are part of the government's broadband policy and will transform Australia's telecommunications industry. They must be approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission before Telstra can finalize its deal with NBN Co - worth at least $11 billion to the company.