Telecommunications
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- Telstra Corporation
Telstra to slash more than 500 jobs
The cuts will be felt across the board, according to a source close to the company.
- David Swan
Latest
CommBank unleashes ‘bot army’ with Aussie accents to trap scammers
Thousands of bots will receive calls from fraudsters, with computer-generated voices mimicking Australian accents and speech patterns wasting scammers’ time.
- Elias Visontay
Optus to pay $100 million fine over sales to vulnerable customers
Optus admitted sales staff acted unconscionably, including a case when a deaf homeless man was sold a phone and accessories he could not afford.
- Elias Visontay
- Opinion
- Opinion
I tried signing up for Trump Mobile service. Here’s how it went
Trump Mobile successfully billed my credit card, at a cost considerably higher than advertised. But I haven’t been able to start using the service yet.
- Shira Ovide
Telstra launches satellite messaging
Telstra is launching satellite messaging, which allows a standard mobile phone to connect to the Telstra network via the SpaceX Starlink satellite network.
How Telstra’s new satellite-to-mobile messaging lets you text using Starlink
Telstra has become the first Australian telco to activate “direct to cell” functionality with SpaceX’s Starlink satellites.
- Tim Biggs
The $53b deal that started with a love letter
One of the biggest business deals of the year so far started around Valentine’s Day - but the courtship wasn’t straightforward.
- Michelle F. Davis and Liana Baker
- Opinion
- Editorial
Sussan Ley was compared with the Liz Truss lettuce, but it’s David Littleproud who’s reduced to clear
Whether the federal opposition is a restumped Coalition, a reimagined Liberal Party or some new configuration, it won’t have much time to get its house in order.
- The Age's View
Tired of waiting on hold? Telstra thinks this might fix that problem
The telco wants everything from customer service to internal structure reimagined by AI.
- Tim Biggs
- Exclusive
- Heritage
Telstra wants three nondescript phone boxes heritage listed. Here’s why
Even in the age of mobile devices, these public phones have proven indispensable.
- Lachlan Abbott
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