May 27, 2026 – 4.00pmTPG Telecom chief executive Inaki Berroeta warns the federal government has all but guaranteed years of regular mobile plan price hikes that will hurt the digital economy after it imposed a $7.3 billion bill on the industry for using the radio waves that carry phone calls.Inaki, who leads Australia’s third-biggest telecommunication company, said last week’s decision by the government’s telco regulator to impose the hefty bill on TPG (which owns Vodafone), Optus, Telstra and NBN Co and claimed it would undo years of mobile plan prices trending at or below the rate of inflation.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles