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Giulia Di Sipio (left) and Jordy Kornfeld run the closest mental health service to this Brunswick West phone box.

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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A pocket of Mount Gravatt on Brisbane’s southside where 5G reception struggles.

Brisbane suburbs where 5G struggles – and why your reception bars can’t be trusted

There are dozens of pockets across the city where people have frequent mobile service failure and calls dropping out – and the bars on their phones could be lying to them. Here’s why.

  • Marissa Calligeros and Angus Dalton
Telstra generic pics. 20th June 2018 The Age Fairfaxmedia News Picture by JOE ARMAO

Telstra shares surge higher amid bumper dividend, profit

The telco lifted its first-half profit and dividend while chief executive Vicki Brady also announced a $750 million share buyback plan.

  • David Swan
TPG Telecom – which owns Vodafone – has expanded their network in Australia in a bid to compete with Telstra and Optus.

‘Getting rid of the bush tax’: Vodafone vows to take fight to Telstra in regional areas

The network expansion increases Vodafone’s reach to one million square kilometres, injecting much-needed competition into regional areas.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady says the company will invest $100 million per year over seven years.

Telstra to splash $700m on AI joint venture

The move may lead to further job losses for Telstra, which last year announced plans to cut up to 2800 workers.

  • David Swan
The cyber cafe will appeal to kids of the 80s and 90s.

The museum where grandparents can get their tech cred back

Featuring nostalgia from manual phone exchanges and typewriters to Walkmans, this institution is a shrine to technology and communication tools.

  • Tim Biggs
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Telstra and Musk ink deal to bring texting to Australia’s dead zones

Musk’s Starlink satellite will allow Telstra customers to communicate from almost anywhere in Australia.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Australia was forced to finance the Coral Sea Cable, connecting Port Moresby, Honiara and Sydney, to block China's Huawei from building it.

What are subsea cables, and what happens when one gets cut?

The text message you just sent and the show you streamed last night were almost certainly enabled by a subsea cable. So why are they so vulnerable to attack?

  • David Swan
Former prime minister Paul Keating was the initial funder of Boost Mobile.

Paul Keating set for $40 million windfall from Telstra deal

The former prime minister co-founded a budget telco in 2000, and is now set for a massive payday.

  • David Swan
Stephen Rue is Optus’ new CEO.

New Optus boss ready for fresh chapter after two rough years for telco

Eight days into his new role, Stephen Rue says Optus can move on from outages and a cyberattack.

  • David Swan

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