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The Australian government's decision to allow Ericsson to purchase Lane Telecommunications Pty Ltd, the official Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman technical appointed arbitration consultant in the COT Cases, has raised concerns regarding the confidentiality of the arbitration proceedings. This acquisition violated the confidentiality clause attached to the arbitration agreements, as Ericsson gained access to the technical submission material of all the COT Cases that went into arbitration after signing this confidentiality clause. The sale of Lane Telecommunications Pty Ltd was highly unethical and in direct contravention of the terms of the agreement. I would like to invite interested parties to view my three-minute YouTube video below.

 

 

Until the late 1990s, the Australian government-owned Australia’s telephone network and the communications carrier, Telecom (today privatised and called Telstra). Telecom held the monopoly on communications and let the network deteriorate by using known faulty Ericsson AXE telephone exchange equipment that other countries worldwide were removing or had removed from service because of the effect it had on the consumer Evidence File No/10-A to 10-f. When four small business operators calling themselves Casualties of Telstra (COT for short) uncovered what Telstra was doing, they went into arbitration with this still-owned government monopoly, hoping to uncover the extent of the problems with the Ericsson AXE telephone exchange equipment.

Telstra's continued use of the known faulty Ericsson AXE telephone exchange equipment that other countries around the world were removing or had removed from service because of its effect on the consumer contributed to the ongoing telephone problems that Telstra's customers were experiencing. Although the government supported the idea of arbitration to reveal the issues to an arbitrator, Telstra convinced the government regulator AUSTEL (now called ACMA) to conceal from the arbitrator how widespread these ongoing telecommunication problems were.

Even though Ericsson and Telstra informed AUSTEL/ACMA that the call loss due to the defective equipment ranged from 15% to 50%, AUSTEL/ACMA kept this information hidden, as Chapter 1 - Can We Fix The CAN shows.

 

Undoubtedly one of America's finest presidents,

 

Thomas Jefferson said:

"The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations."

Sadly, what was predicted in 1816, more than 200 years ago, by undoubtedly one of America's finest presidents, happened during the COT arbitrations and is still happening in the USA, Britain, Australia and the once-free world as my statements unfold on absentjustice.com.

It is also important to note that Thomas Jefferson made another vital statement that:

“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.”

Although it would be an exaggeration to characterize Ericsson and Lane as the "enemies of the people", as alluded to by Thomas Jefferson's quote, " Let us tie the second down with the Constitution," the Australian government should not have authorized Ericsson to acquire Lane during a government-endorsed arbitration. This decision significantly impeded the COT Cases' ability to substantiate their claims and pursue appeals within the six-year statute of limitations. Ericsson's acquisition of Lane also enabled them to obtain all of my Ericsson AXE arbitration claim material, which Lane failed to return to me after the arbitration. When I attempted to obtain copies of Lane's working notes in the process of my pending appeal, John Pinnock, the administrator of my arbitration, unequivocally stated on January 10, 1996, that he would not provide me with any documents held by his office Senate Evidence File No/50 TIO refuses to supply me arbitration documents in which to support my appeal).

It is important to take note of the bribery and corruption allegations raised against Ericsson, a Swedish company, by the US Department of Justice on December 19, 2019, as reported by the Australian media (see below). The fact that the US Department of Justice took action against Ericsson's wrongdoing in Iraq, where they caused significant harm, is concerning. Unfortunately, during the Telstra government-endorsed arbitrations between 1994 and 1996, the Australian government ignored Ericsson's gross unethical misconduct when purchasing Lane. This allowed Telstra to continue using outdated Ericsson AXE telephone equipment that other countries had removed or were removing from their telephone exchanges.

One of Telstra's key partners in the building out of their 5G network in Australia is set to fork out over $1.4 billion after the US Department of Justice accused them of bribery and corruption on a massive scale and over a long period of time.

Sweden's telecoms giant Ericsson has agreed to pay more than $1.4 billion following an extensive investigation which saw the Telstra-linked Company 'admitting to a years-long campaign of corruption in five countries to solidify its grip on telecommunications business.(https://www.channelnews.com.au/key-telstra-5g-partner-admits-to-bribery-corruption/)

Using the Ericsson link provided above is critical to investigating my claims against Telstra impartially. It's unsettling that Ericsson was permitted to purchase Lane Telecommunications Pty Ltd while Lane acted as the assigned arbitration technical consultant investigating the COT cases against Telstra. These cases involved the Ericsson telephone equipment installed in telephone exchanges that serviced businesses involved in the COT cases.

The Google link "Angry shareholders sanction Ericsson chiefs over Iraq... https://www.icij.org › investigations › ericsson-list › angry.." supports the COT cases' demand for answers concerning Ericsson's acquisition of the leading arbitration technical witness investigating their claims against Ericsson's telephone equipment. It's alarming that the Australian government didn't do anything to help the COT cases when Ericsson purchased Lane, which raises concerns about Lane's impartiality.

I urge the Australian government to investigate why Ericsson was allowed to purchase Lane Telecommunications Pty Ltd during an Australian government-endorsed arbitration process. This process investigated Telstra for knowingly using Ericsson AXE exchange equipment that other countries globally have removed from their telephone exchanges. It's vital to get to the bottom of this matter.