Revenue And Profits Down At Telstra Struggling from falling mobile phone sales, Telstra revenues have fallen to $12.34 billion, from $12.71 billion in the first half of fiscal 2009. The phone carrier is still confident that conditions will improve in the second half, after posting a fall in net profit to $1.85 billion, which is down 3.3 per cent on the previous period.
Bugger NBN As ISPs Invest In DSL The National Broadband Network may be coming, but Australian Internet service providers have been opening their wallets to invest in more DSL broadband equipment, according to leading network kit vendor Ericsson Australia.
Updated: iiNet Wins Piracy Case The Federal Court has this morning ruled in favour of Australian ISP iiNet in a copyright case launched by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
EXCLUSIVE: Telstra CEO Talks Content New IP Future & Retail EXCLUSIVE: A major restructure of Telstra consumer services spanning content, retail stores, mobile phones, BigPond and home entertainment networks is being initated by new Telstra CEO David Thodey.
New HD Broadband Switcher To Be Revealed At CES By Gigle An intelligent home network management system that automatically switches users between a home wireless and broadband network, allowing them to stream HD content, is set to launched at this year's CES in Las Vegas.
Telstra 42Mbps Mobile Broadband Coming In 2010 Telstra announced that its new HSPA+ Dual Carrier technology is now being tested outside of laboratories and is experiencing download speeds of up to 40 Mbps. The company is expecting this service to be available to customers in late 2010.
Telstra Supports ISP Filtering Telstra has responded to the government’s announcement of new online safety measures, with the company saying that blocking URLs on a blacklist is feasible and practical to implement, without noticeable impact on network performance.
7 Gigabits Per Second Wireless Coming In 2010 As politicians and network companies debate the future speeds of the proposed National Broadband Network in Australia, the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) has announced new gigabit wireless technology that will deliver content over a wireless network at up to 7 Gbps.
NBN And IP Content Big In 2010 Australian independent telecom and media research consultancy Telsyte has outlined 10 major developments that will shape the industry in 2010.
HD TV Over Smartphones Set To Be Big The launch of portable hand-held TV systems in Australia capable of delivering HD content is set to be a major new media category for telecommunication carriers; however, the launch of the new technology will depend on the allocation of new spectrum in Australia, claim industry experts.
Telstra Has A Cash Pool Of $6 Billion Claims CEO Telstra who are in ding dong battle with the Federal Government over the leaking of confidential Company information and the roll out of a National Broadband network has told analysts today that they have a free cashflow of $6 Billion dollars.
Apple Sony & Acer Forced To Negotiate Over Wi Fi After winning million in their fight with big name Companies like Intel, Microsoft and IBM the Australian CSIRO has now gone after several PC Companies including, Apple, Sony, Lenovo and Acer in an effort to bolster returns from their inventions.
Shocking Numbers For Telco Complaints The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) has urged businesses to improve on their services as it had a 54 percent increase in the number of complaints this year.
New Wi-Fi Direct Technology Set To Be Big In 2010 New wireless technology developed in part by the CSIRO in Australia is set to help a consortium of Companies including Apple, Intel and Cisco, to launch a new wireless technology called Wi Fi Direct.
New National WiMax Network Planned For OZ Forget the telco companies' push for near-ubiquitous 3G networks and their hopes for future LTE (long-term-evolution), at least if you're in a capital city: after years of delays, Seven's Unwired group is planning mobile WiMax networks in all major metropolitan areas by 2012.
Foxtel Won't Get Fourth TV Channel Foxtel who was hoping that the Federal Government would sanction a fourth TV network is set to be disappointed after Communications Minister Stephen Conroy privately told Australia's TV bosses that the concept had been “mothballed”.
Telstra To Be Split Up CE Industry Facing Changes Telstra is set to be split up in a move that could have major ramifications in the consumer and home technology markets. It will also result in the carrier being forced to sell off its 50% stake in Foxtel and prevented from buying any new spectrum if it does not agree with Rudd Government proposals.
Unwired Out New VividWireless Set To Roll Perth boy Kerry Stokes has sidelined Unwired now a subsidiary of his Seven group and given the job of rolling out Australia's first mobile WiMax network to a new division, VividWireless, headed by former Telstra wholesale and retail executive Martin Mercer.
Freshtel Bleeds Losses & People Now They Want To Delist VOIP Company Freshtel, who 18 months ago said that they were more interested in overseas markets than the Australian market has sacked their senior management team and is now, looking at delisting from the ASX.
Doubts Over Sevens Unwired WiMax Network Industry observers remain unconvinced by a suggestion by Kerry Stokes's Seven Network that Seven subsidiary Unwired is close to announcing the start to a rollout its long-awaited WiMax rollout in capital cities.
Internode Claim Phone Bill Cut By 25% National broadband company Internode today launches its first standalone analogue telephone service, NodeLine, which can carve more than 25 per cent from your monthly telephone charges.
Cisco To Launch Home Video Conferencing Cisco Systems who are currently making a big move into the consumer electronics market is currently talking to Telstra about turning the household TV into a video conferencing device for both private and business use.
Telstra Set To Expand Mobile Wi Fi Telstra is set to revise their mobile Wi Fi strategy as demand for data services increase. They are also set to expand their mobile offerings through mass retailers such as JB Hi Fi as more consumers purchase mobile phones outright from retailers as opposed to dealing directly with a carrier.
Bush Ahead Of Cities For Fast Broadband Says Minister Comms and Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has announced plans to fast-track the National Broadband Network in regional Australia with a $250 million injection for backbone fibreoptic links in several States.
Tasmania Gets Better BroadBand National broadband company Internode has signed an agreement to use the new Basslink fibre-optic cable to significantly increase its data backhaul capacity between Tasmania and the mainland.
Big New 3G Network Set To Take On Telstra Vodafone is set to become Australia's number two 3G mobile operator when it establishes a joint venture operation with Hutchison's "3" network, dubbed VHA. Vodafone is due to switch on its "high-speed" 3G network in major regional centres in the first week of May.
Conroy Calls Published URL Blacklist A Fake. Senator Stephen Conroy (Minister for Broadband, Communication and Digital Economy) responded to the “leaked” secret URL blacklist by claiming it to be a fake.
Sony S-Air Multi Room Wireless Gear Coming Soon Sony Australia is set to launch new S-Air wireless-audio technology that is built into AV receivers later this year in an effort to differentiate themselves from the likes of Samsung and LG who lack an AV portfolio of products.
Massive Wireless Breakthrough By Samsung Samsung has developed a new wireless universal serial bus (W-USB) System-On-Chip which will allow 700MB of video or high quality audio data to be transferred to or from a device such as a mobile phone, TV, portable entertainment device or camera in less than a minute.
Optus Sucks Not True Claims IDC A senior journalist who blurted out at an HTC Google Android press conference that his personal opinion of the Optus 3G Network was that it “sucks” has been rebuked by both Optus, who have questioned who he was working for, and independent research Company IDC.
Fake Belkin Reviews Exposes Scam Serious questions are being raised about the integrity of consumer electronics Company Belkin after favourable reviews written for technology websites were linked to a Belkin Manager. Among the reviews written was one for a Belkin N Router, which in Australia sells for over $300 compared to similar products from Cisco and D Link that sell for sub $180.
OZ Company Takes On Wireless HD With Big Vendor Support Avega the Australian Company who developed the latest generation of audio wireless technology now being used by Cisco is set to announce several new deals with major consumer electronic and Hi Fi Companies. They also set to roll out a video wireless system that will stream HD content without the need for a set top box.
Cisco Launch Wireless Audio Gear & Storage Hub Cisco are set to eliminate the Linksys brand name in favour of a consolidated Cisco product range for the home and as tipped by SmartHouse Cisco have used the CES show to launch a new wireless audio system using technology developed in Australia. They have also rolled out a brand new content platform and media storage hub.
OZ Plays Key Role In New Cisco Wireless Audio Offering A multi million investment by Cisco in an Australian wireless audio Company 18 months ago is set to be tested with the Networking Company set to announce a new wireless audio system for the home at this year’s CES Expo in Las Vegas. It is also believed that Australian Companies are set to play a key part in the new consumer technology.
Broadband Bidders Need Telstra Hostile Senate To Play A Key Role Telstra took another savaging on Australian and US stockmarkets yesterday, with investors carving another 11 cents, or 3 percent, from the share price. The big selloff has stripped more than A$9 million from Telstra's market cap in two days. However analysts are saying that whoever wins the bid they are at some stage going to need Telstra or a Senate that will support a change in legislation.
700Mbs Broadband Devices Coming For The Home By 2010 The growth in home automation and the need for fast new integrated broadband devices has led to the development of yet another open standard for the home with the International Telecommunications Union announcing a standard that will allow up to 700Mbps broadband to be delivered over phone, power cables or the traditional coaxial cable.
Man fined $1.3 Billion For Spamming Facebook A Canadian man who bombarded the social network web site Facebook with sexually explicit "spam" messages has been ordered to pay $1.3 Billion dollars. This is almost 4 times the revenues of the popular social network site.
OZ Retail Transaction Network Crashes ANZ Blamed One of Australia's biggest retail transaction computers owned by the ANZ bank has been taken offline leaving thousands of shoppers unable to use credit or transaction cards. Among the stores affected are JB Hi Fi and Harvey Norman.
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Home Wireless Set To Boom Shipments of wireless audio and video connectivity products for the home are set to rise from 150 million units this year to nearly 700 million worldwide by the end of 2013, according to a new ABI Research study. A big beneficary will be the likes of Linksys, D-Ling and Netgear.
1080p HD content Over Electrical Cables Audiovox, who is looking for distributors in Australia, has launched a Powerline wireless HDMI transmission system that allows both1080p HD video and audio content to be transmited over existing electrical cables in a house.
Qantas Super Jumbo Goes With Linux Qantas has decided to go with the Linux operating system for its in-flight entertainment systems for its new Airbus A380’s, according to a report in Computerworld.
Wi Fi Enabled HD TVs Set To Be Hot Wi Fi is set to boom with Wi Fi enabled HD TV's set to be hot claims a leading research Company who also said that that embedded Wi-Fi processors could end up in almost a billion consumer electronics devices by 2012.
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