Telstra
Telstra billing fix delayed
Telstra has failed to meet Sol Rujillo’s June 30 deadline for completing the migration of 5 million users to a new billing system, despite its claiming less than four months ago that the multi-million-dollar overhaul would be complete on time.
Mr Trujillo told analysts at Telstra’s half-yearly results in late February that the migration was “on [...]
Telstra Considers Reselling ADSL2+ to ISPs
Telstra has done an about-face on its broadband wholesale strategy by suggesting it might be willing to resell ADSL2+ high speed internet services to rival ISPs.
Telstra, which had delayed its switching on of more then 900 ADSL2+ exchanges for three years until April this year, has traditionally denied competing ISPs access to its ADSL2+ network [...]
Telstra Launches $0 Laptop Broadband Bundles
Telstra is taking aim at cash-strapped small business owners with the launch of $0 upfront laptop packages that come bundled with the telco’s Next G broadband service.
The launch comes as a response to Australia’s growing mobile workforce, which the telco estimates has exceeded more than three million Australian mobile workers.
“Building on the success of the [...]
Vandals Cut Telstra Cables
NSW Police are seeking assistance from members of the public after the severing of Telstra telecommunications cables in Blacktown last week, which left 10,000 homes and businesses in Western Sydney without communications for two days.
Telstra reported that two of its cables had been severed ‘by vandals’ last Saturday after telephone, Internet, fax and EFTPOS lines [...]
Telstra Pays $5m FTTN Bond, Network Details Included
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo announced this morning that the company has lodged its AU$5 million tender bond for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network.
Speaking at the Macquarie Australian Equities conference in Melbourne this morning, the telco chief told attendants that an AU$5 million bank guarantee, along with much anticipated documentation detailing Australia’s network infrastructure, had been [...]
Telstra Signs $162 Million Contract with DoD
Telstra has secured a six-year, $162 million telecommunications contract with the Department of Defence (DoD) that is expected to result in savings of over $13 million per annum.
Under the contract’s terms, Telstra will supply a range of telecommunications services for defence staff, including mobile phones, fixed-line voice, fixed-line data and broadband services.
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence [...]
Telstra’s CDMA Network Closes Tonight
The clock is ticking for Telstra customers, as the CDMA mobile network hits its expiration date at midnight tonight.
Customers who have put off switching their service before 12am will find themselves with useless mobiles tonight.
“At midnight AEST, our engineering team will progressively turn off the CDMA network and from that time our CDMA customers won’t [...]
High-Speed Cable Stretches 9000km to US
The Telstra and Alcatel-Lucent 9000km submarine cable between Australia and the US that landed here last week will have to survive shark attacks and deliver 160,000 concurrent high-definition television channels to local homes.
Alcatel-Lucent’s ship, the Ile de Sein, began laying the cable between Sydney and Hawaii early this year. It’s expected to be operational at [...]
CDMA network to close in days
Telstra will close down the CDMA mobile phone network within a fortnight despite fears regional customers will be denied adequate phone coverage.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy confirmed today that Telstra has met the requirements to allow the closure of its CDMA mobile phone network from April 28.
The 10-year-old CDMA network, which at one point served almost two million [...]
Telstra’s new submarine cable lands in Sydney
Telstra and Alcatel-Lucent today demonstrated a new 9,000 kilometre submarine cable that will dramatically increase internet capacity between Australia and the United States.
The new cable, which will be landed at Tamarama Beach this week, can be scaled up to 1.28 Terabits* per second capacity between the two countries. At full capacity of 1.28 Terabits per [...]
Telstra talks up Next G network
Telstra is talking up its Next G network, claiming the wide coverage and data speeds of its Next G network could open up new opportunities for businesses across Australia to monitor and control remote sites without leaving their home or office.
According to Telstra this will come in handy for rural areas when it closes its [...]
Loading ...