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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Telstra&#039;&#039;&#039; (formerly &#039;&#039;&#039;Telecom Australia&#039;&#039;&#039;; legally &#039;&#039;&#039;Telstra Corporation Limited&#039;&#039;&#039;) is Australia&#039;s largest telecommunications company and the operator of Australia&#039;s public payphone network. <a href="/wiki/Payphone_Tag" title="Payphone Tag">Payphone Tag</a> is played exclusively on Telstra&#039;s public payphone network. == History == Australia&#039;s telecommunications services were originally controlled by the Postmaster-General&#039;s Department, formed in 1901. On 1 July 1975, the Australian Telecommunications Commission...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Telstra&#039;&#039;&#039; (formerly &#039;&#039;&#039;Telecom Australia&#039;&#039;&#039;; legally &#039;&#039;&#039;Telstra Corporation Limited&#039;&#039;&#039;) is Australia&#039;s largest telecommunications company and the operator of Australia&#039;s public payphone network. [[Payphone Tag]] is played exclusively on Telstra&#039;s public payphone network.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> Australia&#039;s telecommunications services were originally controlled by the Postmaster-General&#039;s Department, formed in 1901. On 1 July 1975, the Australian Telecommunications Commission was established as a separate entity, trading as Telecom Australia. In February 1992, Telecom Australia merged with the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) to form the Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (AOTC). The AOTC was renamed Telstra Corporation Limited in April 1993, and the domestic trading name changed from Telecom Australia to Telstra on 1 July 1995.&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Telstra&#039;&#039;, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra. Accessed 4 May 2026.&lt;/ref&gt; The federal government progressively privatised Telstra beginning in 1997, completing the process in 2011.&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Telstra Corporation Limited&#039;&#039;, Encyclopedia.com, https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/telstra-corporation-limited. Accessed 4 May 2026.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Public payphone network ==<br /> Telstra operates over 14,000 public payphones across Australia and has a universal service obligation to ensure payphones are reasonably accessible to all people in Australia, no matter where they live or conduct business.&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Payphone services&#039;&#039;, Telstra Consumer Advice, https://www.telstra.com.au/consumer-advice/payphones. Accessed 4 May 2026.&lt;/ref&gt; In August 2021, Telstra made standard national and mobile calls free from all of its public payphones. Coin acceptance ended from 8 October 2021.&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Why we&#039;re making payphones free for calls around Australia&#039;&#039;, Telstra Exchange, 29 September 2022, https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/payphones-free-for-calls-australia. Accessed 4 May 2026.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Calls made from phones other than Telstra public payphones — including mobile phones, home phones, or payphones operated by other companies — are not recognised by the [[Operator]] and cannot be used to capture payphones in [[Payphone Tag]].&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Gameplay&#039;&#039;, Payphone Tag Wiki, https://wiki.payphonetag.com/wiki/Gameplay. Accessed 4 May 2026.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Telecom Australia]]<br /> * [[Payphone]]<br /> * [[Telstra Smart Payphone]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;</div>

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