Articles tagged with: Telstra
New User Interface Boosts Mobile Data Use in Non-Smart Phones
Australian mobile network operator, telstra has reported a sharp uptake in mobile internet usage after it deployed its own unique user interface (UI), called the telstraOne Experience in its 3G phones. more
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Telstra updates strategy, confirms financial guidance
Australia's telstra has confirmed its financial guidance for 2009/10 and detailed how the company would grow its core business by improving customer service and taking advantage of recent technology upgrades. more
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Telstra Director Resigns Following Court Verdict
Following a court ruling affecting a separate company, Peter Willcox has resigned as a director of Australian telco, telstra with immediate effect. The court had banned Mr Willcox from managing a company for five years and fined AU$30,000 for lying about asbestos compensation. more
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Telstra Full-Year Profits Up 10 Percent
Australia's dominant telco, telstra has reported that its full financial year revenues rose by 2.7 percent to AU$25.51 billion (US$21.1 billion). Excluding the impact of the sale of KAZ in April 2009, total revenue grew by 3 percent. Net profit rose by 10 percent to AU$4.1 billion (US$3.4 billion). The company generated free cash flow of AU$4.4 billion, a 13 percent increase on the prior year. more
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Telstra Orders Mobile Data Analytics Platform
Australia's telstra has ordered a mobile internet traffic analytics platform from Openwave Systems to provide it with a dashboard view of all aspects of aggregated mobile subscriber data activity. Openwave Mobile Analytics empowers telstra to aggregate subscriber data and behavioural information across a variety of data sources, including on portal and open internet browsing, device type, demographics and geographic location. more
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Telstra Upgrades Mobile Data Speeds
Australian network operator, telstra has upgraded its Ericsson supplied network to support peak network uplink speeds of 5.8Mbps. Michael Rocca, Group Managing Director, telstra Networks & Services, said the increased uplink speeds complement the world leading download speeds available in the network since the deployment of HSPA+ technology across the Next G network footprint late last year. more
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Aussies choose SMS to announce life events
Australians are a text crazy nation. According to a survey commissioned by Australian telco, telstra, one in three said they choose SMS to communicate major life events - compared to using the phone, email or social networking sites. The report also found we are more likely to SMS news of a birth, (25%), or a promotion, (18%) compared to other major life events. more
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Telstra Names Insider as New CEO - Chairman Resigns
Australia's telstra has announced that its Group Managing Director of Enterprise and Government, David Thodey is to take over the helm of the company once current CEO Sol Trujillo leaves at the end of June. At the same time, it has been announced that the company Chairman, Donald McGauchie has resigned with immediate effect and is to be replaced by Catherine Livingstone, a board member since 2000. more
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Dialog Telekom Testing HSPA+ Upgrade in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom is reported to have started a pilot launch of a HSPA+ (HSPA Evolution) upgrade on its network, which will boost download speeds to a peak rate of 21Mbps. The typical download speeds are closer to 8Mbps in real life tests carried out by Australia's telstra network. more
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Parents admit to driving while using handheld mobiles
Fifteen percent of Australian parents have admitted to using a handheld mobile phone while driving with their kids in the car according to new research released by mobile network operator, telstra. These finding come as many of families get ready to hit the road for the Easter long weekend. more
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