Optus Lied Say Telstra Following Network Crash Optus, the Singapore owned telecommunication Company that was dumped by the Federal Government earlier this year in the 'Opel' broadband saga, has been accused of lying by Telstra following major problems with their network in Queensland.
3 Network To Cover 96 Per Cent Of Australia Hutchison Telecommunications says it will be expanding its services and provide its customers with access to 3G services covering 96 per cent of the population.
Ingram Micro Enters The Unwired World Resellers of Ingram Micro will now be able to offer their customers an internet enabled consumer home and office solution after Ingram Micro has agreed to distribute wireless broadband products from the range available through Unwired Australia.
Australian Digital Radio Shows The Chinese How Its Done The CEO of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner is currently meeting with the Chinese broadcast regulator, SARFT, and major Chinese broadcasters in Beijing this week to discuss Australia’s plans for the switch-on of digital radio next year.
Senator Conroy Happy About Mobile Market For all those whingers and whiners out there constantly complaining about the state of the mobile and broadband markets in this country, let it be known that the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy thinks that things are pretty rosy at the moment.
Australians Want More Wireless Says Optus Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks and wireless broadband are assuming greater strategic importance as organisations look to leverage their IP investments to enable greater productivity, flexibility and collaboration, according to the 2008 Optus IP Index released recently.
Telstra Unleashes Next G Mobile Router At A Turbo Price Telstra has launched what it is calling a turbo-powered office with its new high-speed Wi-Fi gateway and Ethernet router to enable multiple users access mobile broadband simultaneously.
Feds Enlist ISPs To Make Internet Child Friendly It seems that ISP filtering is being resurrected as the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has welcomed the release of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Content Services Code, a new industry code of practice for providers of online and mobile phone content.
Dear Diary---ACCC Makes Telstra Keep Tabs On Itself The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has made a record keeping rule which requires Telstra to keep and retain records and give reports to the ACCC relating to broadband access to Telstra exchange facilities.
Telstra Free Laptop Deal To Continue According to reports, Telstra has extended its free laptop offer following what the telco says was a 'huge response from customers'.
Optus Brings Darwin In Line With Rest Of Oz Not long ago, Darwin was famous for a few things- a nasty cyclone in 1974, really big beer stubbies and awful blue singlets. But now, the capital of the Northern Territory has another thing to crow about as Optus announces a major milestone for the Northern Territory.
Google To Rudd: Split Broadband And Network In its submission to the Federal governments review telecommunications review, Google has warned the Rudd government that by not splitting the network and retail broadband into two separate entities, competition and thus consumers will suffer the price consequences.
Conroy Releases More Details On New Broadband The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has released new program guidelines, designed to enhance the Australian Broadband Guarantee.
Telstra To Get iPhone As Of July 11 The worst kept secret in the telco space has finally been confirmed: the Apple iPhone 3G will be available to Telstra's 9 million Australian customers as of July 11.
Internode Boss Slams Telstra Over NBN Tender Internode managing director Simon Hackett has reiterated his call for the Federal Government’s planned National Broadband Network to use competitive tension to deliver affordable broadband for consumers.
Macquarie Pulls Out Of NBN Tender The national broadband network (NBN) tender process has claimed its first victim today as Macquarie Group has decided to withdraw its bid, leaving it two contenders left standing for the $12 billion project.
How Gotalk Used Spruikers To Rip Off ISPs Award winning ISP Gotalk have been named and shamed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Authority after overseas spruikers were used to con consumers into switching ISP's believing that teir oiginal ISP had been taken over by the OZ ISP.
Internode Scores ADSL Ton & Blasts Telstra National broadband company Internode says it now offers ADSL2+ broadband services from more than 100 telephone exchanges where its own DSLAM equipment is installed, but its further expansion is being slowed down by Telstra.
New Digital Broadcasting Guidelines Released By ACMA The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released guidelines on how it will handle applications for licences to trial new technologies such as digital broadcasting or wireless internet technologies.
WiMax Fails To Fly In Oz Says Frost & Sullivan New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that although the Asia Pacific region can boast of 43 million WiMax subscribers by the end of 2013 and generate estimated revenues of close to US$11 billion at a compound annual growth rate of 45 per cent, Australia will only make up two per cent of the Asia Pacific region’s WiMax.
ACCC Ditches DDAS & ISDN For NBN The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued its Final Report on declaring the Digital Data Access and Integrated Services Data Network Services and accompanying pricing principles with respect to the services.
The ABCs Of Exploding Pigs And Topless Women The culture wars seem to be alive and well on the pages of the ABCs web site as the national broadcaster is accused of portraying farmers as evil and telling kids how much carbon they are allowed to produce during their lifetimes.
Libs Trying To Scuttle Broadband Says Conroy An irresponsible Opposition seeks to undermine broadband process, says the minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.
iPrimus Goes For The Big Kahuna iPrimus has announced the Big Kahuna, a new high speed ADSL2+ service that includes 200 GB of data, the largest data amount ever offered by an Australian broadband provider to date to residential customers.
Broadband Ratings Give Oz False Hope According to US think tank the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Australia’s broadband uptake looks first class. Its just when you start interpreting the figures, the reality hits you like a brick in the head.
Telstra Projects Holograms As New Business Tool In an Australian first, Telstra has today used a hologram to beam its Chief Technology Officer, Dr Hugh Bradlow, live into Adelaide from Melbourne to talk at a function for senior business executives.
Is Digital Radio Doomed In Australia? Should Australia’s radio stations, currently investing millions of dollars to embark on their own DAB mission from 1 January 2009, be worried?
Internet - The New Hit TV Series According to a recent international survey, Australian broadband users are spending more time on the Internet than they are watching television.
Mobile Foxtel Aims To Become Third Screen According to Telstra, Next G and 3G mobile customers are increasingly turning to Mobile Foxtel to watch their favourite programs, making the mobile phone the ‘third screen’ of choice for many subscribers.
Cashed Up Optus Looking For Court Stoush Last week, Optus posted an increased profit of $552 million - up 4.6 per cent despite its $13 million write-off of the OPEL broadband project and also said its operating revenue had risen some 3.8 per cent to $7.76 billion.
Draft Broadband Guidelines Released The Draft guidelines to improve the Australian Broadband Guarantee have been released by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.
Is Wireless Broadband A Potential Killer? Reports out of the US say that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in that country is checking unsubstantiated reports that wireless broadband could be interfering with wireless hospital equipment and could potentially cause the death of some patients.
Internode Offers Free Churn To Butter Up Customers Local broadband provider Internode is offering a free churn procedure until June 30 to draw customers away from rival providers to Internode’s international broadband network.
Telstra Throws In The Towel Against ACCC The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said only minutes ago that Telstra has dropped its appeal against findings that the marketing of its Next G mobile phone network was misleading.
Bye Bye WiFi For NSW It seems that NSW is going back to the future when it comes to the subject of telecommunications, or perhaps its just going backwards. After years of spruiking the benefits of having urban WiFi hot spots within large urban areas in NSW, the state government has allowed another good idea to bite the dust.
Telstra Launches Wireless Doctor Service A new wireless version of the traditional doctors' stethoscope and intelligent remote monitoring systems designed to help treat and support people out of hospitals and nursing homes are among the hi-tech equipment that was unveiled by Telstra today.
Psst!..Wanna Buy A WiMAX Spectrum? According to BetaNews, Spectrum Wireless, a maker of WiMAX chipsets wants to sell its US WiMAX spectrum holdings for several billion US dollars.
St. George Banks On Optus Once Again St. George Bank has renewed its IT and communications contract with telco Optus for another five years in a deal worth $100 million.
Just Give Me Internet Speed Say Consumers It's not only Internet speeds that are hotting up. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show the number of broadband connections capable of more 1.5Mbps more than doubled in the 15 months to December 2007 to 2.51 million services.
IBM Pushes Grand Plans For Mobile Web IBM has unveiled a new initiative to bring more features and functions to mobile devices as they continue to rival the PC as the primary tool online business, education, communication, entertainment according to a report in mobiletechnews.com.
Telstra And NAB launch Wireless Mobile ATMs A new initiative between Telstra and the National Australia Bank (NAB) will allow the rapid deployment of ATMs into temporary locations without the need for connecting to physical communication lines.
Remote Health Services In WA Get Broadband Remote area emergency and health services Western Australia are being bolstered through a $21 million broadband development project jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Western Australian Governments.
Sony Ericsson Rolls Out Broadband Phone Sony Ericsson has released the K660i, an HSDPA - enabled phone that features shortcut keys that only become active when surfing the Net, landscape browsing of web sites to maximise the screen’s real estate and in-built software such as Google Maps for Mobile.
Panel To Pick Future Broadband Picked When he was in opposition last September, the now Broadband and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy promised in answer to a recent question at an AIIA forum to dump the Howard Government's "expert panel" advising on its $4.7 billion fibre-to-the-node broadband project, and to "start again with someone who knows something about telecommunications".
1.8 Million Extra Premises Gain Telstra ADSL2+ More than a million extra families and businesses will be able to access high-speed Telstra broadband after the telecommunications dodged a roadblock today in Canberra with the Government announcing it didn’t plan to regulate Telstra’s ADSL2+ service at this stage.
Broadband Costs Fall Apparently responding to frequent complains about the price of broadband Internet access in Australia, the Internet Industry Association claims that - au contraire - we're getting more bang for our Internet bucks.
Internet Costs To Slump With New Cable ISP iiNet says its quick move to secure capacity on Pipe Networks' planned new $200 million, 6900km Sydney-Guam undersea cable will help lower Internet pricing.
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