News (27)

  • Qantas pilots in-flight SMS

    National carrier Qantas has been given the green light to start testing in-flight mobile phone services. Over the next three months, passengers on one Boeing 767 plying domestic capital cities will be able to send and receive SMS and e-mails. International roaming costs will apply.

  • Telstra can close CDMA for good says govt

    The government has officially given Telstra the all-clear to close its second generation CDMA mobile network, saying that the telco has made all the necessary improvements that delayed its closure earlier this year.

  • ACA warns telcos of mobile adult content fines

    Telecommunication carriers found guilty of not complying with the Australian Communications Authority regulation on offensive mobile phone contents will be fined up to AU$10 million.

  • Telstra rides new-era services to record profit

    Australia's chief telecommunications provider, Telstra, has announced a 20 percent revenue increase for 2003/2004, bringing its net profits to AU$4.118 billion.

  • RIP mobile; here comes data

    The mobile telecommunications market in Australia is dead, but according to a leading analyst, the data market is set to grow at a rate of 20 percent each year. ZDNet Australia investigates.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (7)

  • SMS gives new voice to NRMA members

    With so many companies focused on major IT-driven transformation, it's easy to forget that even small changes can have a big benefit. For road motoring group NRMA Motoring & Services, however, a highly focused middleware implementation project has provided a new communications channel for hearing-impaired customers.

  • Upwardly mobile

    Videoconferencing at the beach may still be a pipe dream, but the mobile workforce is here today. ZDNet Australia examines how businesses are reaping the benefits of mobility.

  • Mobile comms: can you predict the future?

    Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.

  • Enterprise OS wars: Symbian v Windows Mobile

    Symbian is the mobile world's dominant operating system, but can it walk the walk in the business world or will it always be the poor cousin to Windows Mobile in the enterprise? David Braue finds out.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

More Features and Case Studies >

Reviews (12)

  • SMS still cave-painting: Telstra

    Far from being a mature technology, SMS is still in the "cave-painting" stages, according to Giri Ramachandran, head of alliances and market development for Telstra.

  • Relationships key to AU m-commerce service success

    An extended period of negotiation over a relatively simple "over the phone" top-up solution for pre-paid mobiles has highlighted the conservative approach financial institutions are taking to e-commerce participation.

  • Premium messaging sparks AU mobile commerce

    The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has announced plans to introduce a range of premium mobile messaging numbers, facilitating the introduction of mobile commerce to the consumer market.

  • The PC-to-Mobile connection

    The mobile phone may not yet be your all-in-one communications device, but some very innovative Web sites are making the PC-to-mobile connection a very attractive way to stay in touch.

  • AT Kearney slams Australian 3G potential

    Another analyst report has savaged 3G mobile telecommunications networks, claiming only a quarter of mobile phone users plan to upgrade to 3G technology.

More Reviews >

Create an e-mail alert for "access"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
access


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 4 2.5g
  2. Popularity: 7 3g
  3. Popularity: 2 abby
  4. Popularity: 6 aca
  5. Popularity: 2 adult
  6. Popularity: 3 australian
  7. Popularity: 3 authority
  8. Popularity: 3 broadband
  9. Popularity: 2 budde
  10. Popularity: 2 business
  11. Popularity: 2 case studies
  12. Popularity: 2 cdma
  13. Popularity: 2 colley
  14. Popularity: 2 communications
  15. Popularity: 1 computer security
  16. Popularity: 2 content
  17. Popularity: 2 dinham
  18. Popularity: 3 government
  19. Popularity: 5 gprs
  20. Popularity: 2 gsm
  21. Popularity: 1 high
  22. Popularity: 1 internet security
  23. Popularity: 2 m-commerce
  24. Popularity: 2 messaging
  25. Popularity: 5 mms
  26. Popularity: 2 mobile phone
  27. Popularity: 5 mobile phones
  28. Popularity: 2 mobile technology
  29. Popularity: 5 mobiles
  30. Popularity: 2 mobility
  31. Popularity: 2 network
  32. Popularity: 2 networks
  33. Popularity: 2 nokia
  34. Popularity: 2 number
  35. Popularity: 3 optus
  36. Popularity: 2 phone
  37. Popularity: 2 phones
  38. Popularity: 4 premium
  39. Popularity: 3 pstn
  40. Popularity: 2 ranges
  41. Popularity: 2 rate
  42. Popularity: 3 revenue
  43. Popularity: 2 security
  44. Popularity: 3 t&b
  45. Popularity: 4 telco
  46. Popularity: 2 telcos
  47. Popularity: 12 telstra
  48. Popularity: 3 wap
  49. Popularity: 5 wireless
  50. Popularity: 2 190
Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Alex Serpo 64-bit Windows: It's time to get serious
    What do Windows 7 and Windows NT have in common? Despite being separated by 16 years, they're both 32-bit operating systems; and it's time for Microsoft to move on.
  • Array IE patch: Microsoft's eight days of hell
    It's always funny watching an event force a company to break old habits and this IE zero day was enough for Microsoft to do it. As Microsoft Australia's strategic security advisor Stuart Strathdee said "we pulled all stops to get this patch out".
  • Array Fowl play foiled, Telstra's fairy tale is over
    Like many, I expected Telstra's dismissal was inevitable, given that it had openly flouted the NBN's guidelines and attempted to bend the process to its own wishes. But who would have expected it so soon?
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured