back to article Telstra to grinch WAP 1 network five days before Christmas

Telstra has quietly announced it will shutter its WAP 1 network, just five days before Christmas. The carrier is warning that users of older handsets will lose the ability to send Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messages or access the internet as of December 20th. The list of soon-to-be-internet-deprived handsets won't …

  1. Dafyd Colquhoun

    Or kep your device and swap the SIM card

    If you're happy with your old phone (my Sony W880i is going strong, and it is basically a skinny W800i) then another option is to keep the phone and ditch Telstra. They're trying to get out of GSM anyway, so it won't be long before 2G phones won't work at all.

    My Motorola 3200 International still works with Vodafone, and you can't get an older GSM handheld phone than that!!!

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