Carriers

Telstra's mobile network outage on Tuesday was a fairly major one, impacting Telstra's voice and data services for customers for several hours. Telstra customers weren't the only ones affected by the outage, MVNO Boost, who uses the Telstra network...

Telstra's network outage today was for the most part fairly brief, with Telstra right onto the issue as it occured, attempting to restore service asap. But it was a large scale outage and did have an impact on their...

The Telstra Mobile network is currently experiencing a nationwide outage for data and voice services. Initially reported through various social media enquiries, the issue was initially investigated before Telstra made the following announcement: https://twitter.com/Telstra/status/696882030185807872 Our testing has shown that while...

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announced on Friday that their 2-month long auction of additional 1800MHz spectrum had concluded, with Optus, Telstra, Vodafone and TPG all gaining additional licenses. The auction for previously unallocated 1800MHz spectrum in regional...

The much anticipated Blackberry Priv has finally made its way down under, with Optus listing the phone on their website this morning. Optus made the announcement they would carry the phone yesterday but had no pricing to share at...

BlackBerry's first Android phone will be available in Australia tomorrow through Optus, with a focus on business customers - don't worry if you're a personal customer though, as consumers will be able to purchase the phone for themselves online. The...

It looks like today is new plan announcement day, with Vaya announcing changes to many of its Power and Unlimited plans with either price reductions or more inclusions. Power Plans are best for data-heavy users with $650 of talk but...

Optus announced this morning that its My Prepaid Ultimate plans have increased data allowances (amusingly titled 'Datafest') with bonus recharge data, unlimited standard international calls to ten countries and an increased data rollover allowance on every recharge with a...

Vodafone announced this morning that it's removed the $5/day roaming fee for customers travelling to New Zealand on Red and SIM Only plans using their Red Roaming product, and a new relationship with Qantas to offer bonus points on...

Mobile Virtual Network Operator Amaysim has announced that it has purchased fellow operator, Vaya Mobile, for $70 million in a deal which will help grow Australia's fourth biggest mobile phone provider by 140,000 subscribers. This acquisition will take Amaysim to...

Google and Disney partnered up late last month for the launch of the Force Awakens, part of the promotion seems to have crossed to carriers with Verizon in the US sponsoring Google Cardboard content in the Star Wars app...

Star Wars day is nearly here, this Thursday Star Wars fans will be treated to the first official sequel to the original trilogy when the Force Awakens rolls into theatres. In the US, carrier Verizon has teamed up with...

Telstra have today announced their Sydney New Year’s Eve App has been updated in anticipation of celebrations kicking off on the 31st of this month on the shores of Sydney Harbour. There's an awful lot going on, as there...

The hotly anticipated Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 has finally arrived at mobile and home broadband company Dodo with the companies website listing the phone for sale on their website for outright purchase or on a plan. Back in October, Alcatel...

The video streaming wars are getting more intricate, with Optus subsidiary Virgin Mobile today announcing they have entered into a partnership with video on-demand streaming service Presto to offer bonus data and free access to the service for selected...