The government has revealed it wants $7.32 billion from major telcos to access the radio waves used for phone calls. Telcos say it’s a tax on consumers.

Australia’s biggest telco issued a thinly veiled threat that it could challenge the way the government has priced the airwaves necessary for mobile phone calls.

The government has revealed it wants $7.32 billion from major telcos to access the radio waves used for phone calls. Telcos say it’s a tax on consumers.