Consumer group claims customers paying 'Telstra tax' Choice, a group that advocates on behalf of consumers, has claimed that customers accessing Telstra's network pay a premium that may be as much as 92% more. Telstra says Choice analysis of its plans 'flawed' Australia's biggest telco Telstra has refuted claims made by Choice that it is charging customers a 92% premium for using its network.

12th July 2016

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Telstra axing jobs as it outsources contact centre work overseas Telstra is slashing more than 300 jobs in its customer service centres, with most of the work to be outsourced to the Philippines. Telstra seals another APAC investment deal Telstra?s growth push in the Asia Pacific region has again been boosted by a strategic investment in Chinese communications application programming interfaces (APIs) provider Cloopen.

11th July 2016

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ANZ and global IT spending forecast dragged down by communications A decline in communications spending has been forecast to drag down Australasian and global IT spending for 2016, while IT services will be a growth area, according to a new report from analysts at Gartner. Optus, SpinTel do deal on NBN access

8th July 2016

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Conroy wants end to AFP's NBN investigation, calls for Switkowski resignation Labor Senator Stephen Conroy wants an immediate end to the investigation by the Australian Federal Police into NBN document leaks and has called for the resignation of NBN Co chairman Ziggy Switkowski over raids on his office. Telstra ticks but Optus picks ?PICK? of regional approval

7th July 2016

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AIIA says electronic voting makes a lot of sense Australia would save both money and time if it turned to electronic voting, the Australian Information Industry Association, the nation's peak body for the technology industry, claims. Electronic voting? Not on your life The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has joined the growing throng of calls for Australia to move to electronic voting. And why wouldn?t it?

6th July 2016

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ACCC inquiry to consider ADSL deregulation The competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has started a public inquiry into ADSL services as it looks to determine whether the digital subscriber line services should be deregulated. Telstra picks up Readify in latest acquisition

5th July 2016

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Election non-result leaves fate of Australian Government and NBN still unknown The fate of the NBN, superannuation changes, company tax cuts, the fate of the coalition Government and even that of the Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull is still unknown. NZ?s winter weather causes havoc with Spark broadband, landline services

4th July 2016

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Telstra outage happening NOW - AGAIN, Mr Penn! A day after Telstra?s chief executive Andy Penn apologised yet again for yet more Telstra outages, Telstra?s network has once more done the dirty and dropped its bundle. 5G - what?s next in wireless? New ITIF Report explains all

1st July 2016

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Vocus to buy Nextgen for $807 million Vocus Communications is set to buy fibre network owner Nextgen in a deal worth $807 million. Telstra to invest $250m to improve network Telstra plans to invest $250 million to make its network more resilient and to improve performance, the company's chief executive officer Andrew Penn said today. NBN Co chief architect Cross quits after six years

30th June 2016

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Optus to cut jobs as it considers outsourcing options Optus is considering job cuts for next year as it looks at outsourcing human resources and back-office financial and accounting functions. SA Govt investing $4.65m in Internet to attract global techs, create jobs

29th June 2016

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