Mobile internet prices will rise if Telstra-TPG tie-up goes ahead, experts warn

Mobile data customers face higher bills if a major telco deal is approved, critics say. Photo: TND/Getty

Australians could be charged more for their mobile internet if a proposed partnership between Telstra and TPG is approved by the consumer watchdog.

Telecommunications experts told The New Daily that if the deal was approved the two telcos would have too large a share of the regional mobile internet market and could therefore set prices without fear of losing customers to competitors.