Five years on, Telstra’s defrosted to the idea of wholesaling its 3G service to the likes of Pacnet, Dodo and Internode. According to The Australian, proceedings could kick into action as early as next year. More »
If you think a pansy smartphone is useless for you because you’re likely to shatter the prissy glass under the sheer strength of your fingers curling around its wimpy body, you may be interested in Telstra’s new ruggedised handset, which features an IP54 rating for water and dust protection and a 2.4-inch GorillaGlass screen. More »
One of the original selling points of the original 2G iPhone was the promise of visual voicemail, a way of accessing your voicemail messages on your own terms. In Australia, the only carrier to launch the feature was Vodafone, but it was quite often criticised for messages arriving late or disappearing altogether. But now, according to some online chatter, Telstra is launching the service for NextG iPhones… for just $5 a month. More »
Backing up their Xperia Neo announcement yesterday, Telstra has this morning confirmed that they will be the exclusive launch carrier of the Desire S in Australia. More »
With all the smartphones being announced over at Mobile World Congress at the moment, we’re kind of salivating with anticipation about which handsets will end up in Australia on which network. We’ve just had our first announcement, with Telstra confirming that the Xperia Neo from Sony Ericsson will land on Next G, with a three-month exclusivity window. More »
As devastating as the recent flooding in Queensland was, it’s amazing to think just how important a role technology played in managing the disaster this year – something that wouldn’t have been possible even five years ago. Telstra have a great example on their Exchange site which shows how NextG was used to share real time information about remote flooding areas during the Queensland disaster. More »
When you sign up to a 24 month contract with a phone company, you kind of expect the contract to remain in tact for the whole period of time. But what happens when the phone company changes it? This is a situation all Telstra customers now find themselves in, with the company announcing that they are transitioning their mobile and fixed line charges from 30 second blocks to per minute billing. More »
The HTC Wildfire, the latest HTC Android handset, launched today exclusively on Telstra for the bargain basement price of $349 outright on prepaid. Could this be the best cheap phone on the market? More »
Remember those photos from Apple showing their amazing foam padded reception testing rooms? Well, Telstra’s got one of their own, plus a guy called Warwick who tests every single Telstra handset’s antenna performance. More »
