Telstra and Google Discuss Fibre to the Home

Telstra said [on February 11th] it had spoken to Google management about its rollout of gigabit fibre-to-the-home in the US which was announced this week.

Telstra today said it had spoken with Google's Australian management about the search giant's plans announced overnight to provide half a million US residents with fibre broadband in a trial in the US.

The Google communication has just been with the local management, said Telstra chief executive David Thodey at the company's half-yearly financial results session this morning.

He said the search giant was just keeping Telstra informed, it was "nothing more than that", and he understood it was early days for the company's broadband plans.

In general, Thodey said Telstra had a complex relationship with Google on multiple levels, with different sections of the telcos business - for example in its Sensis directories business and also with its Gmail email platform. In addition, Thodey noted Google's plans to construct a submarine cable across the Pacific and pointed out Telstra was involved with mobiles using Googl's Android mobile operating system.

[Source: APC Mag]