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#21079 15-Apr-2008 13:42

Media sources seem to be all point out that Australian Communications Minister; Stephen Conroy will allow the closure of the Telstra CDMA network to go ahead on April 28^th, after the closure being delayed by 3 months back in January.Conroy is said to be holding a press conference around 11:30am in Sydney to day.nzbnw

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23542326-15306,00.html

http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,23542335-31037,00.html

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#123660 15-Apr-2008 14:07

And it has been confirmed, the Telstra CDMA Network will close on the 28th of April 2008.

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23542564-15306,00.html

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UPDATE: http://news.smh.com.au/cdma-mobile-service-to-end-on-april-28/20080415-268j.html

nowwearetalking:
Telstra welcomes confirmation the old CDMA network will close on 28 April 2008 following Government confirmation of the date earlier today. Telstra Country Wide® Group Managing Director, Mr Geoff Booth, said the vast majority of customers, including those in rural and regional Australia, had already moved across to the world leading Next G™ network, and he encouraged customers remaining on the CDMA network to do the same as soon as possible.

Mr Booth said Telstra would begin contacting the remaining customers immediately to inform them of the decision and urge them to move before the old CDMA network was shut down for good. “We will be sending all CDMA customers a further letter and text messages to make sure they are aware of the final closure date, which is now just two weeks away."

Telstra will keep the 1800 888 888 number open until 1 July 2008 and in the event the staff accreditation program was not completed as expected by then, Telstra would continue to operate the hotline and handset exchange program until it was complete. “We will also continue to offer handset exchanges in genuine cases beyond 1 July 2008 via our traditional channels," Mr Booth said.

Telstra Press Release: http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media/announcements_article.cfm?ObjectID=42197

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#126686 28-Apr-2008 08:09

RIP to the Telstra AU CDMA network :) was on business breakfast this morning ...

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#126695 28-Apr-2008 08:59

Anyone in Chch or with The Press, should check out Vodafone's cheeky advertisement. It is quite funny :-D

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#126697 28-Apr-2008 09:11

It's in the DomPost too. (On Saturday it was the on the page after Telecom's ad telling us to pick up a loan phone when travelling or buy a world mode phone!)

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#126698 28-Apr-2008 09:15

chiefie: Anyone in Chch or with The Press, should check out Vodafone's cheeky advertisement. It is quite funny :-D

Is it similar to this one?

(Not in ChCh, and not reading The Press)

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#126702 28-Apr-2008 09:22

manhinli:
chiefie: Anyone in Chch or with The Press, should check out Vodafone's cheeky advertisement. It is quite funny :-D

Is it similar to this one? (Not in ChCh, and not reading The Press)

Yup yup. that's the one! When I first saw it i was like.. "hang on why is that telecom's gorilla, in brown, doing in sydney, on vodafone's ad?"

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