Telecom rivals Telstra and Cable & Wireless Optus are duelling it out in federal court following allegations that Optus’ latest advertising campaign is misleading.
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Telstra has stepped up its campaign against the consumer watchdog, taking out full-page advertisements in major daily newspapers in every capital city.
Prime Minister John Howard has dismissed Telstra's criticism of the competition watchdog as the complaints of a company which hasn't got its way.
The national competition regulator today said there was currently no need to force Telstra to provide wholesale access to its new ADSL and third-generation (3G) mobile networks.
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?
Last week, a family friend rang for some technical help. "Telstra sold me this wireless Internet service and they promised it would work both at my home and at my office," he said. Said home is in the Melbourne CBD, and said office is in Kyneton, a lovely town about an hour away from Melbourne.
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Australian telecoms is increasingly resembling the US during Prohibition, with Telstra as Al Capone and the ACCC as Eliot Ness.
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The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.
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ZDNet Australia takes a long hard look at the top tech stories of 2002, a year characterised by corporate collapses, broadband proliferation and slow recovery.
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is investigating SIM-Unlock fees attached to pre-paid mobile accounts to determine whether they are 'penalties', and therefore unrecoverable by common law.
Vodafone Live, launched on Tuesday, is likely to be a success in Australia, according to mobile communications analyst Jason Ross.
Samsung's official phone of the Olympic games may not look especially sporty, but HSDPA, lag-free performance, and its great 5-megapixel camera help get the U900 out of the blocks and over the line.
The Queensland government has used its buying power to increase mobile coverage within the state, after it "got tired of waiting for the federal government to do something".
Too-high prices, a lack of applications and carrier-imposed content restrictions may doom Australian WAP -- touted as the global mobile market's next big thing -- to be nothing more than a pricey "toy". Say it ain't so.
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