Telecommunications
Amazon’s $16.3 billion deal amps up rivalry with Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos’ Amazon is buying satellite operator Globalstar in a landmark deal to step up competition with SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk in the satellite communications market.
- Michelle F. Davis, Ryan Gould, Loren Grush, Matt Day and Bruce Einhorn
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New rules force Telstra to shrink coverage maps by 1 million square km
The telco giant must delete about a third of its claimed coverage under new standards backed by rivals, the ACCC and emergency groups.
- David Swan
Telstra’s coverage may shrink by an area the size of NSW
A new standard would strip away a huge area from the telco’s published coverage. Rivals and consumer groups have backed the proposed change.
- David Swan
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Optus to cut 200 jobs after horror year
Australia’s second-largest telco is attempting to reset following a catastrophic year, but is cutting jobs when it has already come under fire over outsourcing.
- David Swan
It is one of the most popular tourism spots in Victoria, but locals face a deadly risk
When the power goes, a landline can be the difference between life and death. But NBN Co won’t pay to keep the infrastructure.
- Benjamin Preiss
Telstra posts billion-dollar profit as job cuts deepen
The telco giant is reaping the rewards of aggressive cost-cutting that has shed more than 2300 jobs in six months.
- David Swan
‘Inexcusable’: Optus staff face sack after review into Triple Zero outage
The telco’s chairman calls the findings of an independent review into the incident “a sobering read for everyone at Optus”.
- David Swan
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- Companies
Apple issues fix after update cut older iPhones from Telstra network
An Apple software update introduced to fix a Triple Zero network issue left some older iPhones unable to receive or make calls on the country’s largest network.
- Elias Visontay, Tim Biggs and Nick Bonyhady