There's no rest for the wicked, and no safe haven for those who want to save, at least not with the big mobile players, as two of Australia's biggest telcos follow the other big player. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/optus-vodafone-follow-suit-with-mobile-price-increases #news #phones #telcos #optus #vodafone
The verdict is in: the government's communications authority is forcing telcos to change how it shows mobile coverage on maps. Not everyone is happy. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/acma-set-to-change-how-coverage-maps-work #news #phones #telcos #acma #government #optus #telstra #tpg #vodafone
Not technically MVNOs, the smaller Telstra operators will also rise prices in line with Telstra's own, focused mainly on improvements. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/belong-boost-raise-prices-alongside-telstra #news #telcos #belong #boost #mvno #telstra
If you have a Telstra mobile service, it's about to cost a little more. Less so potentially if you use a smaller provider, such as Boost, Belong, and others. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/telstra-set-to-raise-mobile-prices-but-smaller-operators-unaffected #news #phones #telcos #telstra
If someone you know is in the Middle East, and you need to reach out, getting a prepaid service or switching carriers might be an option. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/optus-vodafone-open-up-free-calls-to-the-middle-east #news #phones #telcos #internationalroaming #optus #roaming #tpg #vodafone
The rules of what constitute mobile reception and reach look set to change this year, and the result could make more sense for why calls drop out when you're in areas where it shouldn't. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/real-world-usability-set-to-define-mobile-coverage #news #phones #telcos #4g #5g #acma #telstra #tpg #vodafone
Following an Optus outage in February 2026, if you have more than just phones using Optus, you may need to literally turn it off and on again. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/optus-fixes-outage-but-more-than-phones-need-a-restart #news #phones #telcos #bigfeature #optus #outage #outages

Sudden #Telnet Traffic Drop. Are #Telcos Filtering Ports to Block Critical #Vulnerability?

Telcos likely received advance warning about January's critical Telnet vulnerability before its public disclosure, according to threat intelligence biz GreyNoise. Global Telnet traffic "fell off a cliff" on January 14, 6 days before #security advisories for CVE-2026-24061 went public on Jan 20. The flaw, a decade-old bug in GNU #InetUtils telnetd with a 9.8 #CVSS score, allows …

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Sudden Telnet Traffic Drop. Are Telcos Filtering Ports to Block Critical Vulnerability? - Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Register: Telcos likely received advance warning about January's critical Telnet vulnerability before its public disclosure, according to threat intelligence biz GreyNoise. Global Telnet traffic "fell off a cliff" on January 14, six days before secu...

An Optus outage affecting thousands of subscribers is still going, as Optus advises a classic approach: turn it off and on again. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/optus-customers-advised-to-restart-their-phones #news #phones #telcos #optus #outage

🎬 Mike Blanche explains what next week's #DigitalNetworksAct risks getting wrong:

"Big #telcos warn of β€˜exploding’ internet traffic. But here’s a reality check: #Traffic growth is slowing everywhere!" πŸͺ„ "Why is the @EU_Commission still buying into this invented crisis?"