ZDNet Australia is reporting today that internal memos leaked to the editors show that Telstra will be including excess data usage charges on its new, high-speed LTE service. ZDNet reported earlier this month that rate plans for the new service will cost between $29 and $89 per month, but those prices do not include the [...]
CommsXpress: Telstra To Add Excess Wireless Data Fees
Posted by grahame on September 14th, 2011
Posted in CommsDay Australasia 
Tags: Australia, Long Term Evolution, LTE, Telstra, wireless 
No Comments »CommsXpress: Telstra 2100Mhz Coverage Update
Posted by grahame on September 13th, 2011
Telstra wireless customers using phones tied to the 2100Mhz band are being encouraged to start looking into upgrading, as the company continues moving most of it’s high-speed wireless traffic to the 850Mhz band. The company announced this week that it’s high-speed metro joint project with 3 Wireless (now a division of Vodafone) will end in [...]
Posted in CommsDay Australasia Tags: 3 Wireless, Australia, Telstra, Vodafone, wireless No Comments »CommsXpress: Telstra Set To Offer LTE Service August 29th
Posted by grahame on August 8th, 2011
Telstra announced today that it would begin offering wireless broadband using dual-LTE and HSPA modems starting August 29th. The initial service rollout will begin in the central business districts of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Pricing will start at $49 per month with 8GB of measured usage. The company has thus far not made any claims [...]
Posted in CommsDay Australasia Tags: Australia, Brisbane, HSPA, Long Term Evolution, LTE, Melbourne, Sydney, Telstra No Comments »CommsXpress: Tasmanian Schools Finally Set To Connect To NBN
Posted by grahame on August 8th, 2011
The NBN Co and Tasmanian state government have finally reached agreement on final plans to bring the NBN to Tasmanian school systems. The new agreement will see schools in Tasmania delivered NBN Co services by both Telstra and Aurora Energy. Telstra has agreed to provide security and filtering systems for the schools, which was a [...]
Posted in CommsDay Australasia Tags: Aurora Energy, Australia, NBN Co, schools, Tasmania, Telstra No Comments »CommsXpress: NBN Co Wins Big In 2300MHz Wireless Spectrum Auction
Posted by grahame on July 13th, 2011
The NBN Co and Telstra seem to be the big winners in Australia’s wireless spectrum auction of the 2300MHz band this week. According to NBN Co, the company has agreed to pay $1.3 million to lease spectrum in the areas of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, outback Queensland and far west NSW. It [...]
Posted in CommsDay Australasia Tags: Australia, NBN Co, spectrum auction, Telstra, wireless No Comments »CommsXpress: Foxtel Buys Austar For $2 Billion
Posted by grahame on July 11th, 2011
According to Reuters News Service, Foxtel has clinched a $2 billion deal to purchase rival TV firm Austar. The two companies would have more than $2.8 billion in combined revenues. Major shareholders of Austar including Telstra (50% owner), Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (25% owner) and James Packer’s Consolidated Media Holdings (25% owner) have apparently already [...]
Posted in CommsDay Australasia Tags: Austar, Australia, Foxtel, Rupert Murdoch, Telstra No Comments »CommsXpress: Internal Changes Hit Telstra
Posted by grahame on July 6th, 2011
Telstra chief David Thodey announced today that a number of changes are being made to the company’s retail sales and customer service divisions. For one, customer service and sales will combine to form a new division called Telstra Customer Sales and Service. Thodey stated, “We are investing in a single retail customer-facing workforce that will [...]
CommsXpress: Telstra Raises Pre-Paid ILD Rates
Posted by grahame on June 30th, 2011
Despite calls by both the Australian and New Zealand governments to investigate the high rates charged by carriers for wireless calls between the two countries, Telstra began notifying its pre-paid users today of rate hikes that will push the cost of international long distance calls even higher. Most notably, the company increased its pre-paid calling [...]
CommsXpress: Stanhope Announces Retirement
Posted by grahame on June 29th, 2011
Telstra chief David Thodey announced today the retirement of Telstra CFO John Stanhope. According to Thodey, Stanhope will remain with the company through the end of 2011, after having been with the company since 1967. The company is currently searching for a replacement.
CommsXpress: Rats Target Telstra Cables In Queensland
Posted by grahame on June 16th, 2011
Outback Queensland is suffering from a new wave of rodent-related cable damage, according to Telstra. ABC reports that approximately 50 customers have been affected thus far in the Birdsville area, with an unknown number of additional exchanges involved. The company has plans to roll-out a new line of rat-proof cabling, cables that are not only [...]
