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Why Number Sharing Across Devices Is So Important

Number sharing across connected devices will add to your convenience Optus recently enabled number sharing between the Samsung Galaxy Watch and a certain range of Galaxy devices. Before Optus took this step, the number sharing feature was only offered by Telstra. Now, a similar announcement was made last year about Apple products. The number sharing Continue reading…

Fairness and Fear around Prepaid Data

Why your fears about your mobile service could be costing you money Data allowance is the last of the commonly used plan inclusions to go unlimited. In the early days of mobile phone plans, every feature was heavily restricted. First local call “minutes” went unlimited while texts were restricted, then texts became unlimited, but Continue reading…

What Is RCS – The Replacement For SMS?

RCS is the future of mobile messaging SMS, or Short Messaging Service, has been around since 1992. Though they’ve been used for a long time, text messages are an anachronistic pain because of an inability to support read receipts or animated stickers you could share today with WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. The annoying 160-character Continue reading…

Telstra and Thales Developing Drones for Australia

Telstra and Thales join to make low-altitude airspace safe and effective. Telstra, Australia’s leading telecommunication company, has announced a partnership with French-based aerospace and defense firm Thales. This partnership aims to manage the low-altitude airspace that is used by manned and unmanned aerial vehicles. The aim of the Telstra-Thales partnership The ambition of this Continue reading…

What is a Telstra Wi-Fi Dongle?

A Wi-Fi dongle is a little pocket-sized device that connects to your smartphone, laptop or computer via the USB port to provide internet access on the go. They are portable, easy to use and very affordable. Most W-Fi dongles resemble USB (Universal Serial Bus) drives. A Wi-Fi Dongle. Source How do Wi-Fi dongles work? Continue reading…