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Telstra Beats Optus, Vodafone In 5G Benchmarks

Jake Nelson March 11, 2021 No Comments

Telstra is king in 5G coverage and performance, according to new benchmarking studies from umlaut. In a survey of nine cities – including the state capitals plus Canberra, Toowoomba, and…

Telstra Offloads Sensis For $250m

Computer Daily News March 4, 2021 No Comments

US software company Thryv has acquired Sensis, which operates online directories Yellow and White Pages, True Local and Whereis. Previous operators Telstra and Platinum Equity off-loaded Sensis for $250 million.…

Telstra Pours $8.5m Into Small Business Economy

April Glover March 3, 2021 No Comments

Telstra has announced an $8.5 million investment into Australia’s small business economy. The telco giant will hand over major advertising space at some of the nation’s biggest football stadiums and…

Telstra Trials Tech To Squash Scam Callers For Good

April Glover February 16, 2021 No Comments

Telstra is experimenting with a world-first software which will stop scam callers from reaching Australian victims. The technology, which was developed in-house at Telstra, will block calls on a network…

Telstra Revenue Drops 9.7%, Blames Low Mobile Sales & No International Roaming

April Glover February 11, 2021 No Comments

Telstra’s revenue fell by 9.7 per cent to $10.98 billion for the first half of FY2021, with the disruption of the NBN and the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the telco where it…

Telstra Junks Postpaid Mobile Plans

Jake Nelson February 9, 2021 No Comments

Telstra is killing off its postpaid mobile plans, moving all postpaid customers to upfront payments over the coming months. The new system will see customers automatically billed via direct debit…

Telstra, AWS Team Up To Boost Cloud Services In Oz

Jake Nelson January 27, 2021 No Comments

Telstra is joining forces with Amazon Web Services to collaborate on new edge computing solutions which it says will bring cloud services closer to Australian customers, and boost speed and…

Half Of Aussies Now Covered By Telstra 5G Network

Jake Nelson January 14, 2021 No Comments

Telstra has hit an important milestone in its 5G rollout, with more than half of Australians now living within its coverage footprint. More than 750,000 devices are now connected to…

Are Aussie Telcos Doing Enough To Protect The Financially Vulnerable? ChannelNews Investigates

April Glover December 2, 2020 No Comments

Last week, Telstra’s ‘unconscionable’ pattern of signing Indigenous customers to post-paid mobile contracts they could not afford nor understand was slammed by Australia’s consumer watchdog, the ACCC. Between 2016 and…

Gamers Chewed Up More Data Than Netflix Bingers During COVID, Telcos Taking Advantage

April Glover November 30, 2020 No Comments

Australia’s two biggest telco companies have revealed gamers were the most data-hungry internet users during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, eclipsing Netflix bingers. As the country went into lockdown…