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Telstra officially confirms shutdown of Telstra TV
It's hard to believe that nearly 10 years ago, Telstra launched its replacement to the T-Box with the Telstra TV which it partnered with Roku to bring a whole new dimension of streaming devices...
Telstra ramps up the fight against scammers and spammers
Cyber security is at the forefront of all of our minds these days in our connected lifestyle. Everything from good passwords to network security, but what about when you become the security risk?Scam calls,...
Received an SMS Scam? Telstra customers can now report them to SCAM (7226)
SMS scams are nothing new, and they range from a mild annoyance to convincing scams that rip Aussies off to the tune of thousands. Starting today, users on the Telstra network can take an...
Telstra outage leaves customers without call capabilities
Around 10pm last night, Telstra customers suffered a brief outage, with the issue seemingly unresolved (or reoccurring) this morning. The outage has left many customers without calling capabilities.
Telstra is aware of, has acknowledged and...
All three major carriers share the honors as Open Signal publish its mobile network...
All three of the major carriers, Telstra, Vodafone and Optus have shared the honours in Open Signal's latest report. The categories cover overall experience, 5G experience, coverage and consistency. The data is based on...
Telstra and Boost relent to cost increases with a $5 per month price rise
After Vodafone led the charge during March and increased plan costs by $5 per month, it seems that the other major players; Optus, Telstra and -- through their network ties -- Boost Mobile are...
Optus launches Mobile Boost and Boost Mobile is understandably unhappy
The mobile boost and internet boost plans are a good idea, just using a competitor's brand name; perhaps not Optus' best marketing ploy. It really shouldn't be a surprise that when Optus launched a...
Boost Mobile gets in the spirit with some Christmas giving
The reputation of Boost Mobile is pretty clear; they're a great value provider without compromises in coverage or service. They continually fight for customers and have offers to attract new customers onto the network....
Telstra is offering free payphone calls to Santa until December 24th
If you've got kids who are ramping up for Christmas, here's a bit of fun for them. Head to your nearest Telstra Payphone, and they can make a free call to Santa.
It's really simple...
130,000 Telstra customers details mistakenly made available online
Another day, another data breach and this time, it was Telstra. While there is some good news in that it's a relatively small number of people compared to the millions affected by the recent...
Telstra protects customers from 332 million spam and scam emails every month
We all get a lot of spam calls, texts and emails so it's easy to overlook the work happening to protect us. Telstra has this morning released figures showing that they're blocking over 7,600...
No ETA yet for eSIM on Boost Mobile Australia
We checked in with Boost Mobile to find out if they will have eSIM functionality soon and the news is not great. A spokesperson told us that:
"Boost doesn't currently have eSIM capability yet. However...
Pixel Watch 4G LTE carrier support confirmed for Australia
If you're interested in getting one of Google's brand new and first in-house Wear OS devices, then you may also be interested in living the phoneless lifestyle. With the Pixel Watch 4G LTE, your...
Telstra brings a tactile touch to AFL viewing for vision impaired fans
Have you ever thought about how blind or vision-impaired fans "watch" sports? It's okay if you haven't; until I needed to, I hadn't thought about it either. The current pathway is to attend the...
Telstra Payphone Free Wi-Fi for everyone from today
From August 25th 2022, a quarter of Telstra's 12,000 payphones Australia-wide will offer free Wi-Fi access to anyone, with work already underway to enable free Wi-Fi for the other 9,000-ish payphones over the next...