Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has cut 320 staff under the first phase of its merger, with the mobile telco now looking to streamline its network management.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has cut its ties with an outsourced call centre, which has left around 400 Melbourne staff jobless.
Newly merged mobile telecommunications giant VHA (Vodafone Hutchison Australia) has locked in a 10-year lease to house its headquarters in North Sydney.
Vodafone's 3G network coverage in Perth has now been restored after an 11-hour outage caused by "routine network maintenance".
Australians have made more than 20,000 complaints a month against telecommunications companies this year as figures rose despite a campaign to lift customer service.
Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
The ACCC is concerned that a Vodafone-Hutchison merger will stifle mobile competition, but after new figures reveal systematic deception by carriers it's prudent to ask: could the merger really make things any worse than they already are?
So where did Vodafone and Hutchison go wrong and will they fare any better as a combined entity? Telstra's Deena Shiff, Internode's Simon Hackett and analyst Paul Budde discuss the issue in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.
Some suggestions of New Year's Resolutions for the Australian telecommunications industry.
Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.
Ten years ago they were the young turks of Australia's business community; radical free-thinkers on the path to fame and riches. Shortly after, all those dreams came crashing down. But where are Australia's first dotcom moguls today, and what are they up to?
There is no single candidate right now better suited to succeed Sol Trujillo as Telstra chief executive than the telco's current consumer marketing and channels chief David Moffatt.
Australia's third-largest telecommunications company, AAPT, has been left at the altar so many times that there is understandable scepticism that it will tie the knot in 2009.
Singapore Telecommunications last week shed light on the difficult industry dynamics that lay ahead of VHA, the mobile phone business being formed from the merger of Vodafone Australia and Hutchison Telecommunications.
Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan yesterday defended Australia's national telecommunications regulatory regime.
VoIP company takes page from parent eBay, offering a business-rating directory and a service linking advice givers and seekers.
Telstra will introduce Australia's first Windows Mobile-based Palm Treo 750 smartphone on February 26, with the added bonus of compatibility with its high-speed Next G mobile network.
Motorola morphs the successful RAZR V3 into a 3G phone, announces entry-level handsets, three fashion phones and a pair of Bluetooth-enabled Oakley sunglasses.
The frequency is changing from wired working to a wireless world. Can this new wave of technology help you gain the cutting edge?
Available on 3, LG's U8110 is a clamshell mobile phone that supports video calls and has a MP3 player onboard.
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