News, Telecommunications - Thursday, November 3, 2011 12:10 - 0 Comments

Optus regulatory chief quits

news The nation’s number two telco Optus has suffered a blow in the middle of ongoing talks with the competition regulator about the future of access to Telstra’s infrastructure over the next decade, with its director of government and corporate affairs Maha Krishnapillai announcing his departure.

For the past few years, it has often been Krishnapillai who has been the face of the telco’s regulatory war against Telstra, with the executive representing the SingTel subsidiary to the government, regulators and industry organisations as Labor’s flagship National Broadband Network has gotten off the ground. Krishnapillai has been with Optus for close to four years, after joining the telco from a similar role as group executive for strategy at fellow telco Macquarie Telecom, where he spent more than a decade. His departure was first reported in this morning’s issue of industry newsletter Communications Day.

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