TPG to build own mobile network after $1.2b spectrum splurge

By Patrick Hatch and Lucy Battersby
Updated April 13 2017 - 1:52pm, first published April 12 2017 - 3:05pm
Optus, Vodafone and TPG all participated in the auction, leading to a three-way fight for the 700 spectrum. Photo: Glenn Hunt
Optus, Vodafone and TPG all participated in the auction, leading to a three-way fight for the 700 spectrum. Photo: Glenn Hunt

TPG will build its own mobile network in a move set to shake up the Australian telecommunication landscape, having paid the government $1.26 billion for a slice of the nation's 4G mobile spectrum. 

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