By Justin Hendry on Mar 11, 2021 5:29PM
Taps national Emergency Alert warning system.
NSW Police will begin using an SMS geo-targeting alert system to help locate high-risk missing persons across the state.
The force said it is working with Telstra, Optus and TPG Telecom to implement the tool, which uses the Emergency Alert framework.
Emergency Alert is a national telephone warning system that allows emergency services to send out alerts in the event of bushfires, floods or other extreme weather conditions.
The tool is expected to be used in only high-risk circumstances, with an assessment of all available information to be undertaken before a geographically targeted SMS message is sent.
Telecommunications duopoly challenger DITO Telecommunity Corp. on Wednesday said that those who own handsets which are not included in the initial list of compatible phone models it released can still enjoy its network services.
By Ry Crozier on Mar 10, 2021 2:33PM
Switches on services in part of its network.
Telstra has completed tests running 5G in low-band 850MHz spectrum that it has repurposed from its 3G network, and says the capability is “now ready for commercial use”.
The telco said that declining traffic on its 3G network, which is due to be switched off in mid-2024, meant that some of the spectrum it used could be “repurposed … for more efficient and higher value 5G services while still maintaining our 3G services in operation.”
Telstra started testing this in November last year and indicated today that those tests are now complete.
Mar 4, 2021
FROM tapping Korea’s biggest stars, telecommunications brand Smart now expands its endorser roster westwards with the reveal of Chris Evans as its newest brand ambassador.
In an advertisement just released by Smart Communications on its social media pages, Chris Evans gives a very Captain America-esque monologue on the state of the world at the moment as he cruises around the coastline on a motorcycle, and walks across a montage of screens. Continue reading below ↓
“Let’s drive to save what we can while we can. Share more knowledge to build, and not to destroy. Show the ways to heal, and not to hurt,” he says.