News (424)

  • Telstra breaks into Sydney Airport

    Telstra has belatedly plugged one of the more obvious holes in its nationwide wireless hotspot network after gaining access to the international terminal at Sydney Airport.

  • Telstra starts video payphone trial in Sydney

    Telstra has started a 10-week trial of Internet-enabled public payphones which allow consumers to send e-mails, text messages, picture and video messages.

  • Telstra uses plastic bags and tape to fix phone lines

    update Plastic bags and tape are being used to waterproof phone lines across Sydney, as a union blames Telstra's move to slash thousands of technicians jobs.

  • Telstra's airport network fails to fly

    Less than a month after boasting that its wireless hotspots were online at Sydney's international airport terminal, Telstra has admitted that the vast majority of users will have no easy access to the service.

  • Don't hold breath for fibre: Telstra

    The transition to an all-fibre network to replace Telstra's ageing copper asset is unlikely to take place for another two decades or so, with near-term deployment of fibre restricted to new estates and "very limited" replacement of copper, a senior executive said today.

Blogs (19)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telstra: once bitten, twice ... why not?

    The mobile market in India, I recently learned, is racing towards 300 million -- and doing so at a rate of 8.77 million new subscribers per month, according to the latest government figures.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    The merry second lives of Telstra

    Friends, industry watchers, readers; I come not to bag Telstra, but to praise it. The evil that telcos do often lives on after their Investors Days, while the good is often lost during interminable speeches.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Playing favourites

    Many CIOs talk of the "'closeness" of their relationship with their key strategic vendors. Every so often though we get an insight into which IT departments are truly valued by the big boys.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Is cable the answer to our broadband woes?

    Somewhere along the line, it became assumed that xDSL technologies -- which run over the last-mile of wiring so tightly controlled by Telstra -- were the only way forward for Australian broadband.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Fibre isn't for everyone

    Just a few days after the Australia Connected program was launched Communications Minister Helen Coonan was selling the initiative to the TV talk shows.

Features and Case Studies (45)

  • Photos: Inside Apple's Sydney store

    Apple took the wraps off its first Australian store today. Here is a sneak peek of what is inside the big glass walls.

  • HTC Touch Diamond lands Down Under

    HTC has announced the Australian availability of the Touch Diamond in Sydney today, with the phone set to hit these shores between the end of July and early August.

  • Photos: Telstra visits the doctor

    Telstra doesn't just "do telephones" according to Deena Schiff, Telstra Group MD it seems it's also got its eye on the health space. This week in Sydney, the telco has been showing off the latest health tech from its partners, including a wireless stethoscope and remote monitoring for aged and disability care.

  • Photos: Telstra's undersea fibre optic cable

    Installing cables can be difficult especially if they're 9,000 kilometres long and up several kilometres underwater. Our photo gallery gives you a look inside the 'Ile de Sein', a ship used to lay Telstra's latest fibre optic cable, which will become part of Australia's global Internet network backbone.

  • Vodafone and Optus in mobile broadband war

    Mobile broadband is taking a price dive this Christmas, with Vodafone and Optus trotting out low priced plans with high download quotas. But Telstra says its competitors' networks are too slow and offer limited coverage.

Reviews (37)

  • i-mate Ultimate 9502

    The i-mate Ultimate 9502 is the larger sibling of the i-mate 8502, and shares the honour of being Australia's first HSUPA phone. While we believe this phone is in the same league as a BlackBerry or the iPhone, be wary of Telstra's promised internet speeds.

  • BigPond Next G Wireless Broadband Mobile Card

    Fancy a 1.3Mbps broadband pipeline direct to your notebook, without a cable in sight? The new BigPond wireless data card makes good on Telstra's lofty promises for its Next G network.

  • Palm Treo 750

    Here's a dollop of irony: the best Windows Mobile smartphone has been created by Palm! A bevy of OS enhancements and access to Telstra's Next G mobile broadband network easily make it the best Windows Mobile device we've ever used.

  • iBurst Wireless Card

    iBurst is a superb wireless broadband solution that's highly useful for the mobile business user, but users who don't require portability will likely find its price to be a deal breaker.

  • Telstra launches mobile Web services

    Telstra will commence a trial of mobile Web services in Australia this month in partnership with its wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary, CSL.

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