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Telstra rolls out SMS scam filter in response to surge in dodgy mobile phone texts

The telecommunications giant is responding to a surge in scam messages on its network with a filter designed to block the texts before they reach mobile devices. So how does it work, and why has it taken so long?

ABC News · Apr 7, 2022

Dancers celebrate award win at Opera House

Dancers Rina Nemoto and Lilly Maskery have been named as winners of the 2022 Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards.

AAP · Apr 6, 2022

Labor unveils $20m plan to use Australia Post trucks to find rural mobile coverage blackspots

Data from trucks to inform locations selected for upgraded regional telecommunications across roads, homesteads and national parks

The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2022

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WFH forever? Two years into a work-from-home revolution, some may never return to the office

Happy puppies, empty offices, endless video calls — the world is now two years into the work-from-home revolution reshaping working lives.

ABC News · Apr 3, 2022

Qld unveils $190m school internet plan

Queensland will spend $190 million to turbocharge the speed of internet in 1258 schools, including connecting 40 regional establishments to fibre optics.

AAP · Mar 31, 2022

Next Telstra boss talks up growth ambition

Incoming Telstra boss Vicki Brady claims the carrier can be a growth company again, while others warned NBN Co may still make her role difficult.

AAP · Mar 29, 2022

Wall St gains despite 'yield inversion' recession warning, Telstra CEO steps down

Australian shares have risen the day after the federal budget, however analysts say the cash splash wasn't "market-moving" and the benchmark more likely followed Wall Street's optimism about the war in Ukraine easing.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2022

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4 Things You Should Know About Climate Change In 2022 ‘Cos The Earth Kinda Depends On It

Part of what we can do in fighting climate change is stay as clued up as possible. Here are four things you should know this year.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 24, 2022

Morning mail: US concludes Russia committed war crimes, Madeleine Albright dies, Michael McCormack’s movie nights

Thursday: Russian committed war crimes by deliberately targeting civilians, the US says. Plus: Michael McCormack’s movie nights cost taxpayers $2,500 a ticket

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23, 2022

Dropping seeds by drone, Telstra starts carbon farming to offset its emissions

Telecommunications giant Telstra is starting its own carbon farm, growing trees to reduce its emissions.

ABC News · Mar 23, 2022

Telstra defends NSW flood response, saying lengthy outages unavoidable

Chief executive says if infrastructure is damaged by floods ‘there’s nothing that we can do about that in the short term’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23, 2022

‘Kept in the dark’: Optus, TPG, Telstra breach consumer trust over NBN speeds

Internet users are being urged to independently check the speed of their plans after Australia’s largest telcos were caught charging for dodgy NBN.

The New Daily · Mar 23, 2022

Flood-ravaged Mullumbimby suffers another setback as mobile phone tower is damaged in fire

People trying to rebuild their lives in the wake of recent flooding face another obstacle, with fire cutting mobile communications in and around Mullumbimby in northern NSW.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Telstra, Optus aware of risk to satellites

Australian firms are on heightened alert as the United States warns of threats to satellite networks with the Ukraine war being waged on various fronts.

AAP · Mar 18, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 18, 2022

5G tower fire in flood-hit Mullumbimby under NSW police investigation

Telstra says the fire appeared to be deliberately lit and would make the town’s recovery ‘much harder’

ABC News · Mar 6, 2022

Telstra partners with Starlink-like OneWeb satellite internet service to compete with Elon Musk and Sky Muster

Telstra has partnered with a satellite internet service, opening the way for direct competition with Starlink. Can the telco compete with Elon Musk, and is this the end for NBN Co's Sky Muster?

The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2022

More warnings in place for NSW as severe storms strike Queensland – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2022

‘Black hole’: telecommunications outage hampering flood rescues and recovery in northern NSW

Ballina mayor calls for mobile Telstra tower to be set up urgently to ease residents’ distress

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ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

Residents from Birdsville and Bedourie take a hit from Telstra outage

Business owners in two iconic outback towns fear they could lose "hundreds of thousands of dollars" should an outage of this scale happen again. With growing disappointment in the big telco, locals are taking matters into their own hands.

The Conversation · Mar 2, 2022

How Tasmania's major digital blackout was fixed, and how another could be avoided – an electrical engineer explains

Tasmanians yesterday suffered a six-hour digital blackout, with phone and internet services down across the state. Some radio and television broadcasts were also affected, as well as banking and electronic payment services.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

How Tasmanians coped with the network outage following Telstra cable damage

Tuesday's communications blackout across all of Tasmania caused by a "dial before you dig" blunder had wide-ranging effects: a house settlement delayed, businesses struggling to operate and one person even saying they would miss their uncle's funeral.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2022

Tasmania's internet outage caused by damaged Telstra cables demonstrates the state's vulnerability

The vulnerabilities of Tasmania's links to the outside world have again been on show, with errant roadworks and construction sending the state into a communications blackout for hours — with yet another problem reported less than a day later.

AAP · Mar 1, 2022

Calls for crypto regulation, education

Telstra's CEO has called for better education and more regulation around cryptocurrencies with more than three million Australians owning some form of crypto.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2022

Tasmania coming back online after six-hour outage of internet and mobile services

Much of the state was left without internet after two of the three cables connecting Tasmania to the mainland were taken offline

ABC News · Mar 1, 2022

Tasmanian internet and phone services down in 'major' outage across much of the state

EFTPOS, banking services and travel are affected by a major network fault which cut Tasmania off from the rest of the country.

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