Access to some Asian Web sites continues to be erratic for Optus broadband customers more than a week after major earthquakes damaged undersea cables off the coast of Taiwan.
Northern Territory (NT) government officials have tried to stamp out inappropriate Internet use by deploying stronger Web filtering software across all state departments.
Telstra's Internet service brand, BigPond, launched a new broadband ADSL plan yesterday, boosting its download allowance and speeds for customers who bundle their services, echoing a similar offer made by Optus two months prior.
The Australian Labor Party today said it would reform Australia's telecommunications regulatory regime and invest AU$4.7 billion in a new national fibre broadband network if it won the coming federal election.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be introducing changes to the regulation of restricted content available online and via mobile premium services next week, even after an overwhelming negative response from the media and industry.
Watching the latest, hilarious stage in the Jimmy Kimmel-Matt Damon "feud" -- which racked up 2.5 million YouTube views in one day -- I was struck by a thought: who in the world is paying for all this bandwidth?
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.
A while back, frustration with my inability to get online outside of the office drove me to invest in a 3G data service from Hutchinson's 3. For $30 per month, I get 2GB of data that's accessible pretty much anywhere I go (I do all my work in metropolitan areas).
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.
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With two batteries and a separate charger, the SGH-i780 could be a wise choice for the mobile professional, although it's a bit bulky and the screen is a touch small for some applications
iBurst is a superb wireless broadband solution that's highly useful for the mobile business user, but users who don't require portability will likely find its price to be a deal breaker.
The Qtek7070 Smartphone can be viewed as the Optus' answer to the 3G and 3G-like offerings of the other mobile carriers. If you want to know the differences, you'll have to read our Australian review.
Optus has leveraged its cable TV relationships to be the first to offer streaming television to mobile phones.
Modem manufacturer D-Link had been distributing one of its ADSL modems to some of Telstra's largest wholesale customers without the carrier's interoperability certification for around four months.
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