NSW is blighted by 4000 mobile black spots,including one that seems to rob commuters of cellular data as trains cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The nation’s “big three” telcos have lifted their prices – so there’s never been a better time to ditch your provider.
Communications minister Michelle Rowland says she will accept all recommendations from a review into the effect of last year’s national Optus outage on the triple-zero system after lives were put at risk.
The government has written to the chief executives of Telstra,Optus and TPG amid fears nearly 1 million Australians may be left unable to contact triple zero.
Telstra,TPG and Optus are on a rare unity ticket fighting against proposed changes they say will lead to more SMS scams.
The private owner of a large-scale property leased to telco giant TPG in the Sydney city fringe will test the market appetite for data centres with price expectations of more than $45 million.
The telco said it will restructure its brands to cut its current 6000 different plans and products down to 100.
No matter how you interpret the $6.3 billion deal with Vocus,TPG - which owns the number three player in the mobiles market,Vodafone - is shrinking.
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.
Australian Competition and Consumer commissioner Liza Carver said while there were “some benefits”,the deal would ultimately hurt consumers.
A group of film production giants including Roadshow,Disney and Netflix have launched fresh court action against Australian telcos as consumers flock back to pirate sites.