Probably writing off the book value of the transmission assets which have been decommissioned.
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DDA’s Nera radio links and Marconi ATM switches would have been end of life due to their age anyway.
DDA was a lesson Telstra failed to learn when DTV first started up in regional Australia: they price gouged the broadcasters so the TV just built their own infrastructure - WIN, NBNTV(SP) and QTV all built microwave infrastructure due to Telstra’s prohibitive quotes. Like all good telco’s, the management at Telstra didn’t learn their lesson and after they painted the Rudd Government into a corner the NBN happened. SCA TV signing with Telstra a few years ago was the beginning of the end for DDA.