Telstra has doubled the speed users can expect on its Next G mobile network, with the launch of new hardware capable of a theoretical maximum downlink of 7.2Mbps.
Wireless broadband carriers Access Providers and BigAir Australia have inked a network-access agreement enabling them to expand their coverage across Sydney and Melbourne respectively.
Even in big cities it can be a heck of a lot easier to find a Big Mac than it can be to find a wireless hotspot.
Sydney based ISPs have shown their enthusiasm for wireless broadband with two service providers already signed to the new carrier-grade broadband network from Unwired, which officially launched its services last Thursday.
Australians will soon have another alternative for wireless broadband Internet, with Melbourne start-up Azure Wireless set to step into the ring with more establish players.
Internode has no incentive to provide free access to its Wi-Fi networks for any reason at all, apart from genuine love, and maybe the joy of finding a new way to flip Telstra the bird.
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Just a few days after the Australia Connected program was launched Communications Minister Helen Coonan was selling the initiative to the TV talk shows.
It wasn't too long ago that critics of WiMax wireless technology were declaring it dead at the starting gate.
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Australia is about to undergo a long overdue broadband boom, according to an industry report to be released later this month.
What technology can blast data up to seven times faster and a thousand times further than Wi-Fi?
Much-hyped broadband wireless technology won't get its big break for another five years, analysts say.
A consortium of component and equipment makers reveals plans to promote the 802.16a wireless broadband standard in hopes of riding the success of Wi-Fi networking.
Telstra is set to announce a large corporate deal with PricewaterhouseCoopers for its mobile business broadband service.
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As long as you're a metropolitan broadband user, Telstra BigPond Wireless Broadband delivers well, but it can't be said to be an inexpensive broadband option.
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