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• AAPT chalks up new Telstra wholesale deal

  Telstra Wholesale and AAPT have reached commercial agreement on a range of products and services from Telstra’s network of offerings, enabling AAPT, along with Telstra to "get on with business".

• Vodafone drops price of prepaid mobile broadband

  Vodafone has reduced the price of its Prepaid Mobile Broadband Starter Pack from $149 to $129 or $119 if bought online.

• Aussies kick back at home during downturn

  New research commissioned by Telstra’s BigPond arm shows that Australians are spending more time at home, using the Internet as a means of entertainment to tackle the economic downturn.

• ACCC further denies Telstra's copper network protection

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has denied Telstra’s attempt to prevent competitors from utilising their copper networks to provide broadband and fixed voice services, extending their May determination on the issue for a further five years.

• Telstra, Catholic schools build $146m broadband network

  More than 1550 Catholic schools and Catholic education offices around Australia will be connected to Telstra’s network infrastructure following a two-year, $146 million broadband project announced today.

• Microsoft, Telstra team up on business mobile app

  Microsoft and Telstra have combined to offer a mobile messaging and fleet management application for Windows Mobile smartphones.

• Visy enters cloud computing with Telstra services

  Cardboard manufacturer Visy has awarded Telstra a $50 million contract to support their business applications in the cloud.

• Aussie Internet turns 20

  This week marked 20 years since Robert Elz and Torben Neilsen completed the first circuit that brought the Internet to Australia.

• Cheating Aussies busted by SMS: report

  A quarter of Australians have busted their cheating partners because of text messages, according to new research.

• Bigpond blackout hits NSW

  A technical failure has blacked-out large parts of the Telstra Bigpond network across NSW.

• Conroy separates from NBN Telstra reports

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has poured cold water on media reports that Telstra will be handed a 49 per cent stake in the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) if it cleaves off its wholesale arm.

• Telstra pumps $1.2b into IT outsourcing

  Telstra has poured $1.2 billion to renew its technology support and services contracts with IBM and Electronic Data Systems to 2014.
  

• SMBs ban social networking sites

  Small and medium sized businesses are banning social networking sites at a rapid rate, according to research from Telstra and Symantec subsidiary, MessageLabs.

• Open last mile to Optus, watchdog tells Telstra

  The Australian Competition Tribunal has rejected Telstra's exemption application to restrict access for Optus in areas where Optus has its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) cable network, ordering the telco it has an ongoing obligation to provide access to all of its copper network.

• Samuel says split Telstra

  The competition watchdog has thrown its weight behind the functional separation of Telstra which will undo “mistakes” in relation to telco's vertical integration.