CommsWire - 1 August 2018

Telstra wins awards for fastest mobile, fixed network Telstra has been named the fastest broadband provider in both the mobile and fixed broadband categories in the first two quarters of this year by Ookla, the company that provides the popular online Speedtest app for testing download and upload speeds.

CommsWire - 30 July 2018

Telstra sacks four top officials in management shake-up Telstra has sacked four senior officials in a management shake-up, with chief financial officer Warwick Bray, technology lead Stephen Elop, wholesale chief Will Irving and media unit chief Joe Pollard all given pink slips.

CommsWire - 24 July 2018

Telstra union says Telstra customer service to get 'horrendous as jobs axed' The union representing Telstra workers says "Telstra’s already poor customer satisfaction levels will go from bad to horrendous if the telco pushes ahead with its plans to axe 8000 jobs".

CommsWire - 21 June 2018

Mobile video consumption on the rise: Ooyala Global mobile video consumption continues to rise but growth stabilised in the first quarter this year, with total video plays increasing during the quarter just 1.8% from the prior year, according to a new report from Telstra’s US-based OTT software management company Ooyala.

CommsWire - 15 June 2018

2Gbps 4G coming from Telstra this year Telstra has begun lab tests of a 2Gbps 4G service, and expects to deploy the technology before the end of 2018.

CommsWire - 12 June 2018

Telstra 4GX-lite mobile satellite small-cell launches Telstra's new 4GX-lite Mobile Satellite Small Cell has launched, offering "a new solution to help people living and working in some of Australia’s most remote places purchase their own coverage extension of the Telstra 4GX mobile service".

CommsWire - 25 May 2018

NBN Co ditches 100/40Mbps wireless plans National broadband network provider NBN Co has killed off plans to offer a 100/40Mbps fixed-wireless service, with NBN Co chief Bill Morrow confirming the decision in a Senate Estimates committee hearing.

CommsWire - 24 May 2018

Optus to phase out Virgin Mobile, 200 jobs to go Australia's second biggest telco Optus will phase out its Virgin Mobile subsidiary within the next two years, putting 200 jobs at risk. Court rules Telstra's 'unlimited' ads are misleading The Federal Court has found that Telstra's use of the word "unlimited" in some ads for its mobile service is misleading, in a complaint brought by rival telco Optus.

CommsWire - 10 May 2018

NBN Co losses for year mount to $3.3b as users rise to 3.7m NBN Co has recorded a loss of $3.3 billion in the nine months to March 2018, the third quarter of the current financial year. This compares to a loss of $2.7 billion for the nine months of the previous financial year.

CommsWire - 8 May 2018

Vodafone cuts 100 call centre jobs in Hobart Vodafone Australia is slashing 100 jobs from its call centre in Hobart, the same centre for which it received a federal grant of $4 million in 2013 on the promise that it would be expanded.