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    Australia's second largest carrier, C&W Optus, has posted annual results which show revenue gains in its mobile, multimedia, data and business divisions.

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    ZDNet Australia reviews 2001's hottest IT stories. 2001 was the year of the virus, the year of Linux, and the year the music industry began to seriously lose control of its intellectual property, as audio file swapping proliferated across the Net.

  • Optus' parent sees big things for 3G

    Lee Hsien Yang is one of those rare individuals who don't own a television. The head of Asia's leading telecoms company gets his TV fix off a company 3G mobile handset and from one of the eight broadband-connected computers lying around his house.

  • Residential broadband: does Optus want out?

    Australian telecommunications analyst Paul Budde is standing by his belief that Optus will soon withdraw from the residential broadband market.

  • The free ISP is dead, long live the free ISPs

    While 2001 will be remembered for many things, it was the year the last remaining free Australian ISPs became tangled in their non-profitable business model and sunk once and for all. Or did it?

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    Business process outsourcing (BPO) is on the rise, with traditional IT services companies moving into this space. ZDNet Australia looks at what is happening in this emerging market.

  • VoIP: Finding your voice

    Although the benefits and potential savings are well known, businesses have long been taking a wait-and-see approach to voice over IP. But will the aggressive movements of carriers and telcos force businesses to act?

  • Wireless tech liberates your network(ers)

    Now that wireless is becoming technologically and financially competitive with its wired equivalents, the strongest argument of all to cut the cable is convenience. New standards in speed make wireless networking a valid choice.

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    As network hardware reaches saturation point, now's the time to pick up a bargain in emerging networking technologies. David Braue examines which innovations you can ignore and which ones your business can't do without.

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    Head spinning from all the cell phone acronyms and wireless tech jargon? Forget the Valium and chill out instead with our handy carrier technology chart. In seconds, you'll know what phones work with which networks and what it all means.

  • ACCC tackles mobile telephone service pricing

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) plans to review the pricing of mobile phone services, with a view to updating regulations governing the area.

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