State police in collaboration with CrimTrac are trialling mobile identification of persons of interest by using mobile networks to transmit information and photos to a device within 90 seconds of a fingerprint scan.
Exorbitant backhaul cost may have crippled regional broadband investment but telecommunications experts say Telstra will pose no threat to the National Broadband Network (NBN) if it is structurally separated.
The federal government is under increasing pressure to control access prices following research claiming the National Broadband Network (NBN) may lose a third of its users to wireless broadband.
Telstra has announced its senior vice president for IT transformation, Tom Lamming, will leave the company on June 30 to return to the US.
Telstra has replaced two leaders today, with Chairman Donald MCGauchie resigning on the same day new CEO David Thodey is appointed.
In a stark admission that most mobile phones are too hard to use, communications giant Telstra has released a simplified user interface for two of its NextG phones.
The Federal Court yesterday ruled that Telstra has breached the provisions of the access agreement it has with Optus by misusing Optus’ confidential information.
Telstra has lost its final appeal to impose a $30 charge for competitors to access the last mile copper network in metropolitan areas.
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced Telstra is to be the beneficiary of a 10 year, up to $1 billion, managed service contract ahead of a planned telecommunications network upgrade aimed at creating a future-proof IT platform.
Telecommunications reseller, Telcoinabox, has signed a $16 million deal with Telstra Wholesale to roll-out high-end ADSL2+ broadband to its business customers nationally.
ICT industry representative bodies have warmly welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement it will build the national broadband network (NBN) itself.
The Federal Government this morning unveiled its plans for the National Broadband Network (NBN). Spanning eight years and projected to cost $43 billion with split ownership between the Australian government and private telcos, the network will provide 100 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet connections to 90 per cent of Australian homes.
Australian Internet service providers (ISPs) have lauded the announcement by the federal government that it will establish a new company to build the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Telstra has moved to head off further industry regulation through announcing plans to implement new safeguards to protect its customers from unwanted subscriptions to premium SMS services.
Telstra’s software-as-a-service retail platform, T-Suite, is a late bloomer but has the potential to succeed, according to Ovum public sector research director, Steve Hodgkinson.