Deadline looms for major 3G shutdown
Tens of thousands of mobile phones will be obsolete on Monday, and if you own one of them, don’t say you haven’t been warned.
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Thousands of phones stop working today
Tens of thousands of mobile phones will be obsolete on Monday, and if you own one of them, don’t say you haven’t been warned.
Telstra’s $5.4 million move for Aussies
Telstra will give up to six months of free prepaid credit to one group of Australians in a bid to help ease cost of living pressures.
Partnerships are critical but agencies must be braver
Partnerships will play a critical role for agencies going forward but the success still lies in being brave, according to Omnicom Advertising chief Troy Ruhanen.
Massive change impacting thousands
Up to 59,000 Aussies are scrambling to get their phones upgraded as the change comes in this week. Here’s everything you need to know.
Enterprise unit stifled share price, says new Telstra chair
Telstra’s share price hasn’t performed well this year and one of the chief culprits is the drag from its enterprise business, the telco’s new chairman says.
Telstra under fire over China ‘sabotage’ fears
Telstra’s board has been grilled on shareholder fears Australia’s mobile network could be sabotaged and price hikes in a cost of living crisis in its AGM.
ASX hitting record highs; RBA to cut in Feb: NAB
Sharemarket sets new highs after US gains. NAB revises rate cut prediction. Private equity circling wealth platform market. CBA says households cutting back spending. Tyro sinks on RBA review of card payments and surcharging.
TPG’s $5.25bn Vocus deal ‘good news for Aussies’
TPG Telecom says the sale of its government and enterprise fixed and fibre assets will give it the cash injection needed to take on Telstra and Optus.
This is our moment: Telstra CEO maps out her AI vision
Vicki Brady says big telcos have once again found themselves at the front of a tech revolution.
US troops’ phone hack protector on why you’re vulnerable
Texas-based Zimperium, which protects the mobile phones of US troops, says Australians are among the world’s worst for downloading apps from non-official sites.
Telstra mobile issue resolved
WA police warned triple-0 calls could have been affected after some Telstra mobile services were affected by a hardware issue, before it was fixed.
Telstra gets animated to shake off corporate image
Telstra’s chief marketing officer, Brent Smart, shares an exclusive first look at the company’s imaginative new image which he hopes can get consumers to rethink the brand.
Office orders spark new war in the workplace
While Amazon and Tabcorp’s work from home era is drawing to a close, some are only just getting started, saying flexibility makes staff healthier.
‘Huge win’ for the bush: ACCC approves Optus, TPG’s $1.6bn deal
Telstra’s regional monopoly may be smashed after the competition watchdog green lit a mega network sharing deal between the nation’s second and third-biggest telcos.
‘Rip-off’: $2.75 Telstra cash fee stuns
Plenty of Australians still regularly use cash, but it keeps getting harder for those like this man who was amazed to be charged for paying his Telstra bill.
A stronger defence weapon to save seniors from scammers
Older Australians are scammed more and lose more money than others, but new technology is delivering an extra defence layer.
Wild bid to tax big Aussie companies more
Greens Leader Adam Bandt is announcing a new Robin Hood tax policy to force Australia’s biggest companies pay more tax on their profits.
BGH Capital’s CyberCX sale pushed down road
A sale of BGH Capital’s cybersecurity business, CyberCX, is possibly further off now as its most likely buyer, Telstra, has other priorities.
Telstra back in the winners’ circle but A-REITs go missing
The annual results season is offering clear signals; Telstra and CSL are firing again but there’s no such luck for ASX, Seek or Seven Media.
CMOs tell execs to back off as they stake claim on creativity
Marketing leaders from Suncorp, Telstra, and Uber believe that boards and executives must leave creativity to the experts and should not be involved in marketing activities.
Telstra CEO has a chance to set the telco up for decades
Vicki Brady is working up a new plan to prepare the telco for the heavy spending required to meet the massive data wave that’s coming.
Telstra bullish on earnings amid mobile boost
Telstra lifted its 2025 earnings guidance, with strong growth in mobiles and infrastructure offsetting its troubled enterprise business.
Bizarre way Telstra made $110m
Profits at Australia’s biggest telco have been slashed 13 per cent, but Telstra is still getting value from one particular pursuit.
ASX trims gains as Cochlear, Origin falls weigh; jobs data dims rates hopes
AUD rises on ‘quite tight’ jobs market. Cochlear, Origin sink on profit miss . Telstra rises despite profit fall. Treasury Wine lifts on China boost. Goodman dips on mixed results. Nufarm tumbles on earnings downgrade.
Optus, Telstra delay 3G shutdown
Two of Australia’s largest telcos have pushed back the shutdown of 3G networks after mounting concerns that thousands will be unable to reach emergency services.
‘First contact’ artist wins $100k prize
An artist who was one of Australia’s last traditional hunter-gatherers has won the $100,000 Telstra Art Award, the nation’s most prestigious prize for Indigenous artists.
The five big mistakes inside the Qantas boardroom
A forensic look at Qantas’s failings finds the overriding theme was a dominant, long-term CEO who called all the shots in the face of a weak board.
ASX closes higher; BOJ to keep rates on hold
Local shares extend gains for a second day, with nearly all 11 sectors in the black. Property and energy stocks found strong support following a rebound in the US. Nikkei up 4.3 per cent on Bank of Japan news it won’t raise rates while markets unstable.
‘Inadequate’: Fresh warning on 3G shutdown
Australians have been warned we are “inadequately prepared” for the pending shutdown of the 3G services, with calls for the minister to step in.
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