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Australia: *10# for Telstra services [2] or *69 on Optus HFC Telephony network. [3] This only allows one to return the last unanswered call, and can cost 35 cents per use. France: 3131; Israel: *42; Japan: 1361 to get number, 1363 to call back. [4] United Kingdom: 1471 (also used in Gibraltar, Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, and the ...
127 – Testing numbers (e.g. 12722123 reads your number from a Telstra line, 12723123 reads your number for an Optus line) (length varies), dial 12722199 then hang up and the call is returned by the exchange (used to test handset functionality) 1282 – Call information service; 128xx – Call information service
In early 2011, Telstra successfully extended its market share lead by discounting its mobile phone products. [ 229 ] By 2020, Telstra's revenue was $26.2 billion, [ 230 ] Optus' was $9.0 billion, [ 231 ] and TPG Telecom's was $4.4 billion.
A Network Termination Device (NTD), network termination (NT), [1] or NTE (for network termination equipment) is a customer-side network interface device used by the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN). Network termination devices provide multiple bridges for customers to access the NBN. There are different types of NTDs for the various ...
An old bakelite ash tray showing an example of a single digit phone number used in the early days of telecommunication. On 12 July 1906 the first Australian wireless overseas messages were sent between Point Lonsdale, Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania. [3] Australia and New Zealand ratified the 1906 Berlin Radio-telegraph Convention in 1907.
It housed historical telecommunications equipment that had been used by what originally was called the Postmaster-General's Department. The department split in 1975 into Telecom Australia and Australia Post. In 1993 Telecom Australia was renamed Telstra after the merger of Telecom Australia and OTC (Overseas Telecommunications Corporation).
When a subscriber dialed the number of a manual station, an operator at the destination office answered the call after seeing the number on an indicator, and connected the call by plugging a cord into the outgoing circuit and ringing the destination station. For example, if a dial customer calling from TAylor 4725 dialed a number served by a ...
The 287-hectare (710-acre) site was originally home to a radio station which was used until 1986 by the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC), one of two entities which later merged and formed the Telstra telecommunications company.