Customers on the Telstra network have complained about substantial delays in downloading Apple services for most of the week, with Telstra now acknowledging a subsea cable issue and claiming that it is working on resolving it. The issue, flagged on broadband…
In a recent interview with Telecom Review Asia, conducted at ITW Asia 2024, in Singapore, Stasko discussed Telstra’s role in enhancing international connectivity through its submarine cable network by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize…
Telstra’s Angela Logothetis, keynote speaker at FutureNet Asia, which is set to take place on October 18-19, at The Westin, Singapore, explains how the next phases in automation are to constantly evolve customers’ experiences of using cloud, edge and network…
Telstra is Australia’s fastest mobile network for the first half of 2022, based on results from the Ookla Speedtest Awards from January to June 2022. Telstra has a median download speed of 81.57 Mbps and median upload of 11.38 Mbps, representing an improved…
Ericsson, Telstra, and Qualcomm Technologies have achieved the highest uplink peak rate ever recorded on a commercial network during a live demo in Queensland, Australia. Together, they reached an uplink data speed of close to 1Gbps, paving the way for more…
Telecommunications giant Telstra announced on Monday that it has partnered with the Australian government to buy Digicel Pacific for $1.6 billion. This is widely viewed as a political move to curtail China’s influence in the region, following interest shown…
Exacerbated by prolonged drought, intense heat and the overall global climate change, the bushfires have had catastrophic consequences on people, their livelihoods as well as the myriad of native animal species that call the Australian bush home. It is now…
The Australian-based company began marketing its broadband plans for the new HTC 5G Hub and will soon start selling the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G. They also plan to introduce their mobile plans for the new technology by the end of June. The company said it would…
Australian operator Telstra has is taking pre-orders for what it is calling the country’s first 5G mobile device. The HTC 5G Hub will be available in Telstra stores from next Tuesday. The HTC 5G hub is a 5G and 4GX (LTE-Advanced) media hotspot designed for…
Australia’s Telstra has announced a new tier-based loyalty program designed to allow customers to earn points for every dollar they spend with the operator. The Telstra Plus program will be available to both prepaid and postpaid customers. Members will…
At least 211 operators across 87 countries are investing in 5G, according to statistics compiled by consultancy company Hadden Telecoms. Operators investing in 5G are at a variety of stages, ranging from network deployments, to technology testing,…
Australia’s Telstra has announced it has been awarded 131 sites as part of the fourth round of the government’s Mobile Black Spot program. The operator will deploy a mixture of new mobile base stations and small cells at the 131 locations, and will contribute…
Australia’s Telstra has used this week’s Mobile World Congress to announce a partnership with Commonwealth Bank of Australia And Ericsson to trial 5G edge computing technologies in the financial services sector. The three-way collaboration will involve…
Members of the International Telecoms Week (ITW) Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), including PCCW Global and Telstra, have completed a proof of concept trial demonstrating how blockchain technology can transform inter-carrier settlement by streamlining complex…
Australian operator Telstra has secured an A$17 million ($12.3 million) contract with fleet operator P2P Transport to provide connectivity for a mobile digital advertising solution. Telstra will provide access to its mobile and IoT network and its digital…
Telstra has previewed new drone swarm and mobile “cell on wings” technology designed to provide mobile connectivity and search and rescue functionality in natural disasters and other emergency situations. The company has developed a mobile small cell mounted…