Telstra news headlines

Telstra has received around 50,000 texts since the line was set up in May but many of them weren't genuine scams.

It's been a feature of Australian phone coverage for decades, but within a year all of our 3G networks will have been switched off.

Legal action against Telstra over its COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees has been discontinued, with documents showing it was funded by Clive Palmer.

Telstra has announced a $2 billion profit following customer price hikes in its latest full-year results.

Decades before the internet and smart devices, when there were fixed, wired telephones, it was a huge and time-consuming task to keep Australian homes and businesses connected.

Foxtel, Telstra and Optus are among those threatened with up to $250K fines for not protecting customers struggling to pay bills.

Telstra is set to axe almost 500 jobs in a major cost cutting move aimed at "reshaping the business" to "remain competitive and efficient".

New data reveals the most popular public payphones in Australia, with their location providing a hint to why.

Posting photos of children online has become normal for the latest generation of parents but experts are increasingly warning of the dangers around the practice.

The network outage hit last night, and was resolved around 9:00am EAST.

Telstra apologised for the outage, but insisted it hadn't lasted long and noted calls and SMS services were unaffected.

Since launching late last year ChatGPT has been the talk of so many parts of the world — in education, marketing and widely reported in the news due to concerns about its impact on education and jobs.

Australia's largest mobile network has made a huge environmental commitment, saying the science behind the decision "is clear".

Speaking of the controversy surrounding the day, Vicki Brady has taken to LinkedIn to announce that it "feels right" for her to work on January 26 and to instead take a day off on another day of the year.

Telstra has publicly apologised after more than 130,000 customers' personal details were exposed against their wishes in Australia's latest large-scale data breach.

The details of more than 130,000 Telstra customers have been published online due an internal error.

Australia's biggest telco has revealed the staggering number of emails they're blocking before they even reach customer mailboxes.

Telstra, Optus and TPG have been fined after failing to tell customers they couldn't achieve the internet speed they were paying for.

Telstra has confirmed some employee details have been released online.

Telstra has today commenced sending an email to its entire customer base with their own online safety tips.

Three men have been charged after allegedly attempting to tow away more than 200 metres of copper cable from a Telstra communications pit in Adelaide.

Telstra CEO Andy Penn has announced the move today, saying it has come after the company heard from customers "loud and clear" that they wanted the change.

Telstra's scam text filter has stopped a whopping 185 million scam texts from reaching its customers phones since it was launched in April.

It's the first year of online NAPLAN exams but there's already been a disruption to the new tests after almost 70 schools in South Australia were hit with an internet outage.

The filter will be automatically applied to Telstra users, who have the ability to opt-out if requested.

In a notice to shareholders this morning, Telstra said the company's current Chief Financial Officer Vicki Brady would step into the top job in September.

Scam texts are increasingly frustrating and endangering Australians. So how can you protect yourself and what are telcos and the government doing to help?

Telstra will acquire Digicel Pacific in $US 1.6 billion ($2.14 billion) partnership deal with the Australian Government that sees the South Pacific's largest telco fall into Australian hands.

Aussies with a decent internet connection will no longer need a console to play hundreds of games

NSW Police is the latest government department to announce staff must have the COVID-19 jab, joining a growing list of firms and departments.

Telstra employees are being offered $200 worth of incentives to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Three of Australia's biggest internet service providers have been accused of misleading consumers.

Australians can now use Telstra payphones for free to call any number locally or nationally, the telecommunications giant announced today.

A comparison of different internet providers has revealed which providers are offering the best deals.

Millions of Aussies have been slugged in the pocket after recent price increases by all three big mobile phone providers, Australia's competition watchdog has found.

The telco has been ordered to pay $50 million in penalties by selling mobile contracts to Indigenous consumers that they could not afford.

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The telco has been ordered to pay the fine after delaying the transfer of numbers for new and existing customers.

The devices are available for pre-order from today, and go on sale January 29.

2020 has proven to be the biggest data consumption year on record.

Telstra has been accused of using unfair selling tactics to sign up 108 indigenous customers to excessively priced mobile plans they could neither understand or afford.

Big telcos fight back against sim-only competitors with budget versions of their own premium products.

On average, the company overcharged 10,000 customers $231 each between February 2008 and February 2020.

Telstra are showing off the Xbox Series X and Series S in all stores this month to promote their console plans. 

Thousands of Telstra users are experiencing email outages again today due to an ongoing issue that began in August.

Australia's largest Internet provider Telstra is suffering a nationwide outage of sorts, crippling the Internet of Australians.

A mass Telstra internet outage spanning Melbourne's eastern suburbs has caused uproar from frustrated residents as thousands of Victorians attempt to work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A Victorian Telstra store has come under fire for attempting to charge an elderly man $30 to install the government's coronavirus app on his phone.

As more and more people stay home and as streaming services' audiences increase, internet speed is under pressure.

Heavy usage of the network is appearing to result in slow internet speeds for many forced indoors.