Telstra has put a bid in to buy Damovo, price of around $100 Million. Telstra sold its CPE maintenance business (mainly PABX’s) to Damovo a few years back. This area of the Telecommunications Industry gave SME private companies a reasonable competive market to operate in, maybe not any more if this deal goes through. Scenario, client is looking at a new phone system for their premises, competively priced quotes roll in. Telstra ..a Carrier..says I will see you ..and raise you, lays a network on the table. SME looks into his empty pockets and says I dont have a Network…sorry. Ah ..the joys of competition. Ain’t it grand. That is one way of looking at it, another view is that the market price for goods and services is set by the major dominant..Telstra in this case, so like everything else… Price ( only one of the 4 P’s of marketing) comes into it. A ready made pricing structure ..so to speak, quick analysis.. and you are either in the game ..or out. Simple!! Oh and another interesting bit of news on the carrier front, Optus has just about finalised its complete purchase of Uuecom, looks like the competition is heating up…lol