Telstra’s Starlink deal could signal a new era of connectivity in hard-to-reach places

Telstra’s Starlink deal could signal a new era of connectivity in hard-to-reach places

Around 500 kilometres above your head,a mesh of fast-moving satellites could be the key to getting modern internet anywhere in Australia.

  • byTim Biggs

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Calculations take their toll

Motorists are right to feel rounded-off.

Telstra partners with Elon Musk’s Starlink for regional satellite services

Telstra partners with Elon Musk’s Starlink for regional satellite services

The new phone and internet services may further strengthen Australian uptake of Starlink,which has emerged as a rival to the NBN’s own Sky Muster services.

  • byTim Biggs
Setback for TPG as competition tribunal blocks $1.8b landmark deal with Telstra

Setback for TPG as competition tribunal blocks $1.8b landmark deal with Telstra

The Australian Competition Tribunal has declined to authorise a deal that would have let Vodafone owner TPG Telecom use Telstra’s towers in regional Australia.

  • byClancy Yeates
Does Switkowski have the mongrel needed to deal with PwC?

Does Switkowski have the mongrel needed to deal with PwC?

A lynch mob for PwC is growing. Will the appointment of veteran troubleshooter Ziggy Switkowski be enough to silence critics?

  • byElizabeth Knight
Unresolved mobile faults top list of telco customer gripes

Unresolved mobile faults top list of telco customer gripes

Mobile services continue to be the most complained-about telecommunications category,according to the industry ombudsman,as Telstra suffers widespread outage.

  • byTim Biggs
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Telstra customers experience outage,unable to make or receive calls

Telstra customers experience outage,unable to make or receive calls

Telstra says it has resolved an outage that left a number of its mobile customers unable to make or receive calls for up to 12 hours.

  • byOlivia Ireland andTim Biggs
From the Archives,1993:Mobile phone network launches despite security objections

From the Archives,1993:Mobile phone network launches despite security objections

Australia’s first digital mobile phone network needed the government to override law enforcement agency objections to launch on April 27,1993.

  • byBernard Lagan andAnne Davies
CBA and Telstra join forces to bust scam calls

CBA and Telstra join forces to bust scam calls

The ‘Scam Indicator’,which will be piloted over the next few months,is aimed at protecting the two companies’ customers from phone scammers.

  • byMillie Muroi
Telstra aims for top spot as telco ‘Game of Thrones’ goes rural

Telstra aims for top spot as telco ‘Game of Thrones’ goes rural

Regional Australia is shaping up as the next battleground for Australian telcos and Telstra’s new boss Vicki Brady says she is ready for the challenge.

  • bySupratim Adhikari
Developers circle $200m worth of sites in Sydney CBD

Developers circle $200m worth of sites in Sydney CBD

Commercial properties in Sydney’s CBD that have high-profile tenants,and the potential to be improved are attracting developers.

  • byCarolyn Cummins