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Telstra, the dominant player in the phone market, is not having it all its own way in the battle for marketshare supremacy against major competitors Optus and Vodafone.

New research says 438 billion messages will be sent per day by 2019 for a total of 160 trillion messages per annum up from 94.2 trillion per year in 2015.

The price mobile operators charge each other and fixed-line network operators for receiving calls on their mobile networks would be subject to a new regulated price regime under a proposal by the consumer regulator.

Global telco Thuraya has launched what is claimed to be the industry’s most advanced ruggedised satellite phone, with cutting edge world first features for near global coverage.

Optus has introduced Family Sharing for data, letting families share their data allocations while also offering unlimited standard national talk and text on postpaid mobile plans.

Closely monitoring your child's mobile phone or tablet use is a contentious issue. But if it is something you believe you should be doing and you trust an overseas company with your child's communications data and metadata, then the TeenSafe monitoring software is now available in Australia.

Mobile messaging vendor Soprano Design has launched the second generation release of its enterprise-grade solution Gamma.

Knowing that the power has gone out at a remote location can save serious amounts of money.

Australia’s biggest telco, Telstra, has seen ‘a new record’ set over the two day NYE 2014 and NYD 2015 period compared to the same timeframe last year.

It’s Vodafone’s turn for a massive NYE night, with 11 million SMS to be delivered, 4.5 million voice calls to come and lots of extra staff!

Optus has finally released voice and SMS stats for Christmas to Boxing Day 2014, rising from 2013 by 3%, voice calls by 5% and a huge rise in data.

The 2014 Melbourne Cup’s mobile Internet service is reported to be sorted, with Telstra, Optus and Vodafone increasing capacity in various way to keep the punters connected.

Almost three in five Aussies say they call their family and friends less frequently since the rise of social media, according to newly released research.

A Coffs Harbour engineer has developed a portable emergency help device he calls the eButton which allows users to ‘discreetly’ send an SMS via their smartphone without having to pick up or handle the phone.

The cost of SMS text messages in Australia is set to drop, with the ACCC deciding to regulate the costs in the same way it does with voice calls.

Aussies are being taken to the cleaners when it comes to sending text messages, according to Australia's peak communications consumer body ACCAN.

Facebook has confirmed one of the biggest app acquisitions in recent years, announcing it has acquired messaging application WhatsApp for US$16 billion.

Project delivery company Leaders IT Services, a fully-owned subsidiary of ICT recruiter Peoplebank, is ramping up its business In Australia and the South East Asian region with the appointment of two new executives to its management team.

Christmas card giving is no longer one of Australia’s great traditions. At least not the old-fashioned Christmas card giving once so prevalent.

ACMA has stepped in to prevent overseas mobile bill shock, with a number of compulsory measures coming into effect from tomorrow.