Telstra has revealed that it will be offshoring a substantial portion of its bill support contact centre operation to the Philippines.
The Office of the Federal Workplace Ombudsman announced yesterday that it will be lodging an investigation into the dismissal of 600 staff at telco Commander as part of its turnaround plan released this week.
Telstra has warned customers across Australia to beware of fraudsters posing as Telstra staff as well as hoax e-mails seeking financial data.
Australian consumers are being warned about telesales people asking them to transfer their telephone account.
Troubled telco Commander has cut 600 staff and aims to slash its operational costs as part of its turnaround plan released yesterday by new CEO Amanda Lacaze, after events late last year almost saw the company collapse.
The men running Telstra have been accused of a lot of things, but lack of conviction is definitely not one of them. I found this out recently after having the chance to hear Phil Burgess, the company's most senior regular spokesperson and an outspoken critic of the government's telecommunications policy, address an AIIA-sponsored business lunch in Melbourne.
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Hutchison Telecoms, which owns Orange, has outsourced the operation of its Australian mobile networks to Ericsson Australia in a seven-year deal that is expected to save the telco over AU$40 million.
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