Telstra’s Pacific adventure: a radical pivot or a deal too good to refuse? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Very large text size Telstra’s bid for an osbsure telecoms operator in the South Pacific was probably far from Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s mind as he fronted up for a press conference at the Lodge this week to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. But after this masthead revealed the nation’s biggest telco and government were working in concert to acquire Digicel Pacific due to concerns it might otherwise fall into the hands of China, journalists wasted little time in asking him about it.