Tag: Telstra

Retail Asia28/09/2022
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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 products. Ms. Logothetis is executive group owner of edge, cloud and industrial networks at Telstra, which […]

Retail Asia18/08/2022
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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 speed from the second half of 2021. Telstra also has the fastest mobile network […]

Retail Asia25/10/2021
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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 by China’s biggest telecommunications operator to buy over Digicel Pacific. The biggest mobile operator in the […]

Retail Asia21/10/2019
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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 offer free 5G access for around 12 months. “We […]

Retail Asia11/06/2019
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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 both enterprise and consumer use. The hotspot can support up […]

Retail Asia12/04/2019
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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 accumulate points they will be able to exchange for discounts on new devices and accessories. Through […]

Retail Asia03/04/2019
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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, demonstrations and pilot trials. To date, 15 operators have commercially launched 5G services, including Telstra and Optus in […]

Retail Asia01/04/2019
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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 $23.3 million of the $55.6 million co-investment required to fund the new sites, […]

Retail Asia07/03/2019
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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 testing end-to-end banking solutions over 5G technology in an effort to explore the future of banking. The companies will […]

Retail Asia25/10/2018
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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 transactions. The two operators as well as Colt Technology Services, BT, Orange and Telefonica, demonstrated the viability of a platform capable of settling voice transactions between operators within minutes […]

Retail Asia11/10/2018
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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 media capabilities to support the project to provide advertising on 900 P2P vehicles as they travel throughout the […]

Retail Asia09/10/2018
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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 on a drone to temporarily boost mobile network coverage in a local area. As well as providing critical […]

Retail Asia09/10/2018
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Japanese fixed line operator TOKAI Communications has contracted Australia-based Telstra to provide connectivity to help pursue an international expansion. TOKAI Communications has arranged to use the Telstra Programmable Network (TPN) to access Telstra’s networks. The Japanese operator will also to tap into Telstra’s subsea cable infrastructure spanning 230 countries and territories, as well as its […]

Retail Asia17/07/2018
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Australian operator Telstra, Ericsson and Intel announced they have jointly completed the first end-to-end 3GPP non-standalone 5G data call on a commercial network in a multi-vendor setup. The trial at Telstra’s 5G Innovation Centre on the Gold Coast used licensed 3.5-GHz spectrum, and Ericsson 5G new radio, baseband and packet core solution, a Telstra SIM […]

Retail Asia27/06/2018
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Australia’s Telstra has launched a new offering providing satellite-based small cell solutions for remote areas, and has signed on the first customer for the service. The Mobile Satellite Small Cell product offering is designed to provide most of the benefits of Telstra’s LTE-Advanced services at a lower cost. People and organizations in remote areas will […]

Retail Asia09/05/2018
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Australia’s Telstra has expanded its Always On guaranteed connectivity service for enterprises to provide more bandwidth options on the Hong Kong to Singapore and Hong Kong to Japan subsea cable routes. The service uses Telstra’s extensive cable network in the Asia-Pacific region to reroute traffic to another path in the event of a cable cut […]

Retail Asia08/05/2018
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Australian incumbent operator Telstra has repaired a damaged fiber cable that led to intermittent disruptions to the nation’s 000 emergency call service in half of the nation’s states. The operator said a preliminary investigation indicates that the disruption was caused by fire damage consistent with a lightning strike. The disruption commenced at around 2am on Friday, and persisted until […]

Retail Asia03/05/2018
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Australia’s Telstra will tomorrow launch Australia’s first unlimited smartphone-based mobile data plan, although the “unlimited” plan is subject to a data cap at 40GB. The new A$69 ($52) Telstra Endless Data BYO plans also come with unlimited talk, text and MMS to standard domestic numbers as well as unlimited Wi-Fi data at Telstra’s network of […]


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