The Optus USB modem works as advertised, but fluctuations in service and a few software bugs have hampered our experience during testing.
The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.
Choosing a portable computing device is getting trickier -- we take a variety of devices for a spin and weight up the pros and cons.
Vodafone has rolled out HSDPA -- a higher speed version of 3G -- to a slew of new metropolitan areas in Australia, but rural users will have to wait for the same privilege.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has specified that any new handsets it purchases for its corporate mobile phone fleet must support the growing third-generation (3G) mobile networks currently being built by local carriers.
Australia's intellectual property regulator has placed a substantial portion of its communications spend for at least the next three years from July 2007 on the market.
Optus and Vodafone have signed an agreement today to create an AU$700 million alliance to share 3G network sites and radio infrastructure across Australia.
Telecommunications carriers may have to share 3G networks in Australia if they all want a piece of the Australian 3G market.
People were apparently switching their brains off before joining the 3G iPhone queues, so it's somewhat surprising that considering an appropriate amount of storage was quite a high priority for many buyers.
2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.
What do you think will happen in the IT industry this year? ZDNet Australia asks Australian opinion leaders what they think will happen.
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Top 10 Desktops
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Bootstrappr
From boom to bust, from unconference to BarCamp and beyond, Renai LeMay tracks the fortunes of Australia's startup community.
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