Telstra and TPG decide not to appeal ACCC's decision to prevent their mobile network roaming deal

The plan for TPG and Telstra to share mobile networks and implement roaming for their customers is officially dead. The ACCC rejected the concept earlier this year saying it would further undermine regional telecommunications network investment, so everyone expected TPG and Telstra to appeal the ACCC's decision in court and that's what the two telcos said they'd do. But today, in an ASX filing, TPG said that it "will not seek judicial review" and Telstra said in its own ASX filing it has "now considered the judgement and will not be appealing the decision". Will be interesting to see what TPG (aka Vodafone) does now in regards to beefing up its mobile network outside of metro areas in order to compete with Telstra and Optus.