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Is this the last post for phone books?

Here’s the skinny.

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Telstra is on track to lose about one million square kilometres of claimed mobile coverage.

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
Optus executives will appear before a Senate inquiry into a deadly outage of the Triple Zero network.

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
Lindsay Grayson

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
Optus CEO Stephen Rue.

‘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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Dialled in for that eye test

For when it’s off the charts.

The iPhone X, which has been affected by the issue, was released in 2017.

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
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You can’t hold a candle to Sydney tourism

Life’s like that.

The Ile d’Yeu ship laying undersea cable off the coast near Maroubra.

Two huge ships are floating off the coast of Sydney. This is what they’re doing

One of the ships will be gone within 24 hours. What they leave behind could be vital for Australia’s future.

  • Jack Gramenz