Filed under: customers, cyber safety, internet, mobile phone, online security, Safer Internet Day, social media
Author: Darren Kane.
Today is Safer Internet Day. To tie into this year’s theme It’s more than a game, it’s your life we’ve teamed with AFL legend Adam Goodes to get his advice on how Aussies can protect their digital reputation. You can listen to Adam and read Darren Kane’s, Telstra Officer of Internet Trust & Safety, take on the day celebrated in 50 countries here.
Filed under: assistance, customers, cyclone yasi, disaster, floods, natural disaster
Author: John Parkin.
Over the past 24 hours, more than 14,000 landline services have been reconnected with the further restoration of mains power. (44,000 reduced to 30,000)
In addition, another 6 mobile phone towers have been restored, with 50 more to go. Our mobile network is generally operating well, as impacted sites often have overlapping coverage.
Filed under: consumer, gadgets and gizmos, innovation, lifestyle, networks, technology
Author: David Thodey.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – held at the beginning of each year in Las Vegas – is not just about gadgets. It’s also about what technological trends are hot today – and how those trends might change the way we live and work tomorrow.
Filed under: assistance, customers, cyclone yasi, disaster, floods, natural disaster
Author: John Parkin.
With more mains power being turned on in the last 24 hours, we have seen a further reduction in the number of affected landline services from 67,000 yesterday to 44,000 currently. In addition, we have had a reduction in the number of mobile towers without service from 87 yesterday to 56 today. Our mobile network is operating well, as impacted sites often have overlapping coverage. The number of affected landline and mobile sites will vary due to power, access and damage.
Filed under: assistance, customers, cyclone yasi, disaster, floods, natural disaster
Author: John Parkin.
Telstra has restored most mobile services on Palm Island with a portable satellite Cell on Wheels (CoW), which is providing coverage to the community, following significant damage to mobile towers on the Island.
Filed under: customers, cyclone yasi, disaster, floods, natural disaster
Author: John Parkin.
Telstra has deployed helicopters carrying vital fuel supplies to its key infrastructure to keep generators running and communication lines open.
The helicopters were instrumental to this morning’s restoration of an outage that affected some phone services north of Ingham including Cairns.
Filed under: customers, cyclone yasi, disaster, floods, natural disaster
Author: John Parkin.
Earlier this morning some communications services in Far North Queensland were impacted because important infrastructure was damaged in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Yasi.
Filed under: customers, cyclone yasi, disaster, floods, natural disaster
Following the coastal crossing of Cyclone Yasi overnight, Telstra’s two key priorities for today are confirming the safety of our team and assessing the initial impact on our network in North Queensland. We have around 200 technicians on the ground and additional resources on hand to begin repair and recovery works as soon as it is [...]
Filed under: innovation, technology, thinking
Author: Larry Sixsmith.
By now you may have seen a theme to my blogs: time and how technology has changed the way we see, hear and perceive it. While this was not my intention it became clear to me that I may have what some may call an “issue with time”. It is actually more a fascination on how time has an influence over technology, or is it technology over time? Here the chicken or the egg debate comes to mind!
Filed under: Brisbane, cyclone yasi, floods, natural disaster, networks, Queensland, restoration, update
Author: John Parkin.
Telstra advises its network has returned to normal operating levels and there are currently no ongoing significant impacts to landline, broadband or mobile service in Brisbane and surrounding suburbs.
