Wireless companies in Australia:
Telstra Corporation Ltd. | Telstra Corporation Ltd. is a telecommunications and information services company that is divided into seven strategic business units. Domestic Retail, divided into three strategic business units, Telstra Retail, Telstra Mobile and Telstra Country Wide, is responsible for approximately nine million Australian fixed-line services and over 5.9 million mobile services. Its primary activities are sales, marketing, customer care and billing. Telstra Mobile is responsible for the Company's mobile and wireless networks and associated systems within Australia. Telstra Country Wide is provides telecommunication services to customers in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia. Telstra Wholesale provides products and services to the Australian wholesale domestic market. Telstra International manages the Company's international interests. Infrastructure Services conducts customer service. Networks and Technology Group is engaged in research and development, planning, design and strategy. Te
| Vodafone Australia | Vodafone Australia operates a GSM digital mobile network that covers 92 per cent of the Australian population. Vodafone's Globalstar satellite service, launched in May 2000, offers 100 per cent geographic coverage of Australia with an integrated GSM/satellite handset. The company offers GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) on the network to its customers and continues to upgrade its network to allow the company to deliver mobile Internet services at data transmission speeds which are significantly faster than the existing GSM networks can deliver. In March 2001, the company bid $253.5 million to secure a national licence of 2 GHz spectrum for the delivery of third generation (3G) mobile telephony services. Vodafone Australia has more than 2 million customers, which is approximately an 18 per cent share of the Australian mobile market.
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