Telstra connects business users directly to Azure and Teams
Telstra announced two new services for business users through its partnership with Microsoft: direct connection to Azure Peering Service and Operator Connect for Teams.
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Applications open for Australia’s sub-1 GHz 5G sale
Australia has formally opened its sub-1 GHz 5G spectrum auction process and interested parties have three weeks to submit their applications for a contest that will take place before the end of the year.
TPG boosts 5G spectrum assets with Dense Air deal
TPG Telecom has been on a 5G spectrum shopping spree of late and has just augmented its stock of 3.6GHz frequencies in six cities through a swap with Dense Air.
Telstra in talks to acquire Digicel Pacific in bid to keep China at bay
Telstra has confirmed that it is working with the Australian government on a takeover bid for part of the Digicel group, a move that is being widely viewed as politically motivated.
Telstra and Telia join tower sale trend, brokering highly similar deals
It’s all go in the telecoms towers space, with two remarkably similar deals worth billions of dollars coming on both sides of the planet.
Telstra rivals stressed-out by NBN takeover talk
Telstra’s rival operators are getting all worked up over suggestions that the Australian incumbent could merge with state-owned broadband infrastructure provider NBN.
Telstra adds international biz to restructure, talk of NBN buy resurfaces
Telstra has added more colour to the business restructure it announced last year, including the fact that it plans to separate out its international operations into a new division.
Optus wins MVNO contract from Telstra as customers seek 5G
Macquarie Telecom is moving its MVNO service to Optus’ network, ditching incumbent operator Telstra in the process.
Telstra hits the high street
Telstra is taking back control of its network of retail outlets, many of which are currently operated under licence by third parties.
Half of Australians could get Telstra 5G if they want it
Telstra’s 5G network now covers half of the population of Australia, the telco announced on Thursday.
Telstra taps Ericsson for enterprise edge cloud services
Australian telco Telstra is months away from bringing to market edge cloud services for enterprises, thanks to an expanded partnership with Ericsson.
Telstra promises 75% 5G population coverage by June 2021
With the Australian telco claiming to have delivered 5G to a third of the population already, it has just under a year to hit the 75% milestone.
Telstra claims to have hit carbon neutral goal
Australian telco Telstra claims to have achieved its goal of being carbon neutral, though there is still plenty of work to be done to improve its green credentials.
Telstra: COVID-19 is forcing companies to become cloud-first
Cloud computing was a major trend prior to COVID-19, however 93% of IT decision makers are accelerating cloud adoption programmes as a result of the pandemic.
Four operators take the lead on GSMA edge initiative
Last week, the GSMA announced an initiative to standardise the edge, with Telefónica, KT, China Unicom and Telstra the first to step up to lead the way.
Telstra confirms 6000 jobs to be cut by the end of this year
Australian telco Telstra has announced steady progress for its T22 restructuring plan, allowing it to retire AUS$500 million of legacy IT equipment and bring forward 6,000 job cuts to 2019.
Qualcomm pumps Snapdragon 855 in Hawaii
The chipset company Qualcomm just unveiled the newest Snapdragon SoC product to power 5G mobile devices.
NB-IoT gathers momentum
Trials in Australia and the UK involving Ericsson and Vodafone indicate the NB-IoT standard is starting to become a reality.
Telstra profits plunge thanks in part to NBN overheads
Australian operator group Telstra saw its annual profits fall by 9% thanks, at least in part, to the costs incurred in the rollout of NBN.
Ericsson, Intel and Telstra do commercial 5G over licensed 3.5 GHz
The trend of networking vendors, modem makers and mobile operators combining to demo commercial 5G continues with Ericsson, Intel and Telstra doing their thing over 3.5 GHz.
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