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Investigation launched into Labor’s mobile phone black spot scheme

Investigation launched into Labor’s mobile phone black spot scheme

The Australian National Audit Office investigation announced on Wednesday is the first into alleged pork-barrelling by the government since the election.

  • by Paul Sakkal

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Closing the gap: Vodafone’s desperate deal to catch Telstra and Optus

Closing the gap: Vodafone’s desperate deal to catch Telstra and Optus

No matter how you interpret the $6.3 billion deal with Vocus, TPG - which owns the number three player in the mobiles market, Vodafone - is shrinking.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Telstra to axe almost 500 jobs in cost-cutting drive

Telstra to axe almost 500 jobs in cost-cutting drive

Australia’s largest telco informed staff of proposed job cuts on Wednesday, marking the first major round of redundancies during chief Vicki Brady’s tenure.

  • by Calum Jaspan
Record World Cup interest to offer Optus its moment of redemption

Record World Cup interest to offer Optus its moment of redemption

Optus is hoping The FIFA Women’s World Cup will provide it a platform to rejuvenate its reputation after cyberattacks.

  • by Calum Jaspan
Phone tower plans spark a clash of cultures in exclusive coastal enclave

Phone tower plans spark a clash of cultures in exclusive coastal enclave

A parcel of land nestled amid the exclusive Central Coast properties is at the centre of a stoush between ancient cultural practice and 21st century technology.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Telstra’s Starlink deal could signal a new era of connectivity in hard-to-reach places

Telstra’s Starlink deal could signal a new era of connectivity in hard-to-reach places

Around 500 kilometres above your head, a mesh of fast-moving satellites could be the key to getting modern internet anywhere in Australia.

  • by Tim Biggs
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Telstra partners with Elon Musk’s Starlink for regional satellite services

Telstra partners with Elon Musk’s Starlink for regional satellite services

The new phone and internet services may further strengthen Australian uptake of Starlink, which has emerged as a rival to the NBN’s own Sky Muster services.

  • by Tim Biggs
Setback for TPG as competition tribunal blocks $1.8b landmark deal with Telstra

Setback for TPG as competition tribunal blocks $1.8b landmark deal with Telstra

The Australian Competition Tribunal has declined to authorise a deal that would have let Vodafone owner TPG Telecom use Telstra’s towers in regional Australia.

  • by Clancy Yeates
Auto repairer fined $1m over spam text messages

Auto repairer fined $1m over spam text messages

An investigation from the communications watchdog revealed mycar Tyre and Auto sent more than 1 million texts with no option to unsubscribe.

  • by Emma Koehn
‘A weapon against our interests’: EU moves to ban Huawei, ZTE from 5G networks

‘A weapon against our interests’: EU moves to ban Huawei, ZTE from 5G networks

Australia banned Huawei from its 5G networks five years ago. The European Union is concerned its member states have been too slow to follow suit.

  • by Latika Bourke
A busted phone in a tropical death alley
Tony Wright’s column
Tropical North Queensland

A busted phone in a tropical death alley

We often try to ignore our phones today, but once, in a spooky tropical town in Queensland, I would have given much for a public phone that worked.

  • by Tony Wright