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Telstra defends NSW flood response, saying lengthy outages unavoidable

Chief executive says if infrastructure is damaged by floods ‘there’s nothing that we can do about that in the short term’

The Guardian - AU

‘Kept in the dark’: Optus, TPG, Telstra breach consumer trust over NBN speeds

Internet users are being urged to independently check the speed of their plans after Australia’s largest telcos were caught charging for dodgy NBN.

The New Daily

Flood-ravaged Mullumbimby suffers another setback as mobile phone tower is damaged in fire

People trying to rebuild their lives in the wake of recent flooding face another obstacle, with fire cutting mobile communications in and around Mullumbimby in northern NSW.

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Telstra, Optus aware of risk to satellites

Australian firms are on heightened alert as the United States warns of threats to satellite networks with the Ukraine war being waged on various fronts.

AAP

5G tower fire in flood-hit Mullumbimby under NSW police investigation

Telstra says the fire appeared to be deliberately lit and would make the town’s recovery ‘much harder’

The Guardian - AU

Telstra partners with Starlink-like OneWeb satellite internet service to compete with Elon Musk and Sky Muster

Telstra has partnered with a satellite internet service, opening the way for direct competition with Starlink. Can the telco compete with Elon Musk, and is this the end for NBN Co's Sky Muster?

ABC News

More warnings in place for NSW as severe storms strike Queensland – as it happened

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‘Black hole’: telecommunications outage hampering flood rescues and recovery in northern NSW

Ballina mayor calls for mobile Telstra tower to be set up urgently to ease residents’ distress

The Guardian - AU

Residents from Birdsville and Bedourie take a hit from Telstra outage

Business owners in two iconic outback towns fear they could lose "hundreds of thousands of dollars" should an outage of this scale happen again. With growing disappointment in the big telco, locals are taking matters into their own hands.

ABC News

How Tasmania's major digital blackout was fixed, and how another could be avoided – an electrical engineer explains

Tasmanians yesterday suffered a six-hour digital blackout, with phone and internet services down across the state. Some radio and television broadcasts were also affected, as well as banking and electronic payment services.

The Conversation

How Tasmanians coped with the network outage following Telstra cable damage

Tuesday's communications blackout across all of Tasmania caused by a "dial before you dig" blunder had wide-ranging effects: a house settlement delayed, businesses struggling to operate and one person even saying they would miss their uncle's funeral.

ABC News

Tasmania's internet outage caused by damaged Telstra cables demonstrates the state's vulnerability

The vulnerabilities of Tasmania's links to the outside world have again been on show, with errant roadworks and construction sending the state into a communications blackout for hours — with yet another problem reported less than a day later.

ABC News

Calls for crypto regulation, education

Telstra's CEO has called for better education and more regulation around cryptocurrencies with more than three million Australians owning some form of crypto.

AAP

Tasmania coming back online after six-hour outage of internet and mobile services

Much of the state was left without internet after two of the three cables connecting Tasmania to the mainland were taken offline

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Tasmanian internet and phone services down in 'major' outage across much of the state

EFTPOS, banking services and travel are affected by a major network fault which cut Tasmania off from the rest of the country.

The Guardian - AU

Death toll rises to 10 as bodies found in Lismore and Glen Esk – as it happened

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Telstra and Optus lose as small NBN retailers take on the giants with tailored plans: ACCC

Telco giants Telstra and Optus are losing ground to smaller independent retailers, the ACCC has said in a new NBN report.

AAP

Telstra, TPG team up on regional coverage

Telstra and TPG will share their networks with each other in regional Australia to provide better coverage without the installation expense.

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AAP

Telstra gets mobile lift amid profit slide

Telstra, known as a high-yielding and low volatile stock, will retain the size of its interim dividend.

ABC News

Wesfarmers takes a hit from COVID supply chain woes, as ASX trades up

Australia's share market has ended in the green, as major companies — including Wesfarmers, Telstra, Origin and Whitehaven — post results.

ABC News

As bushfires tore through Bridgetown the power and phone lines were cut

Power and phone lines went out during recent bushfires in Western Australia and a major report is warning other towns will suffer the same fate unless more money is spent upgrading infrastructure.

ABC News

Remote Northern Territory community of Wadeye hit by second Telstra mobile service outage in a fortnight

A mobile service outage in the remote community of Wadeye that's left some residents unable to buy groceries or fuel for the past five days now won't be fixed until "later this week" after repair attempts by Telstra ran into multiple problems.

AAP

Telstra ploughs $1.6b into fibre projects

Telstra will build new fibre optic networks between cities and will deliver Internet speeds up to six times faster.

AAP

Telstra to deliver 1800RESPECT hotline

Telco giant Telstra has secured a five-year federal government contract to deliver national sexual assault, domestic and family violence hotline 1800RESPECT.

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