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Data Price Deflation – Why data just keeps getting cheaper

60 second intro What is ‘data price deflation’ ? One way of describing a consistent, general decrease in the cost of data is ‘data price deflation’. The price of data falls regularly, substantially and always in the favour of users in Australian Prepaid and SIM only plans that are available. One way of describing Continue reading…

Telstra will close their 3G network by 2020

Good things always seem to come to an end as new technology and ideas are developed. Phone communications are no exception. Telstra has recently announced that its 2G network is going to disappear before the end of this year. That means that 2G enabled phone, or at least older phones incapable of receiving 3G Continue reading…

Vodafone’s CEO Outlines Telco’s Main Concerns For Australia’s Telecommunications Industry

Vodafone’s CEO, Anaki Berroeta, used the occasion of the Australian telecommunication industry’s principal annual meeting, the Charles Todd Oration in Sydney, last week to address what Vodafone saw were the most important issues facing the industry. Berroeta said that these were domestic roaming, the Universal Service Obligation (USO) and spectrum allocation. This wasn’t the Continue reading…

Telstra Offers Far More than Talk and Internet Time

The main telephone companies, Telstra, Optus and Vodafone, in Australia as always are putting in a great deal of effort to attract new subscribers and sell products to their loyal customers. As communications technology advances all the phone companies have to adapt in order to keep up with the current trends; otherwise, customers will Continue reading…