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News

  • WiMax gets royalty-dodging patent pool

    Six technology titans are banding together to jointly license patents that cover WiMax in an effort to prevent costly royalty rates.

  • BAE gets $8.5m to lockdown mobile military networks

    BAE Systems last week scored a US$8.5 million contract with DARPA to develop an "intrinsically secure" mobile network for military use in planes, ground vehicles, sensor systems — mobile and stationary — as well as handheld devices.

  • Red Hat, Alcatel-Lucent unified in comms

    Alcatel-Lucent is teaming up with Red Hat on its products for smaller businesses, the companies have revealed.

  • Alcatel-Lucent launches gateway for SOA security

    Alcatel-Lucent on Monday unveiled its latest foray into security with an all-in-one network appliance designed to handle authorisation tasks for Web services, as well as acceleration and auditing.

  • Microsoft and Cisco relationship not so cozy?

    Microsoft is set to go one up on Cisco with the announcement -- just a day after the chief executives of both firms sang the co-operation tune -- that it plans to offer unified communications on an on-demand basis.

  • Fibre to the home comes to Canberra

    Canberra telco TransACT will be deploying fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) in the city from this month, with more FTTH tenders on the table.

  • Telstra signs network pact with Alcatel-Lucent

    Telstra has revealed an R&D deal with a major telecoms kit maker to improve its network.

  • IP upgrade for NZ power grid

    Power grid operator Transpower New Zealand will install an IP-based communications network to help manage New Zealand's national electricty grid.

  • Integ scores AU$6m DFAT voice deal

    Integrator Integ Communications will convert the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (DFAT) national and international telephony network to voice over IP in a deal worth more than AU$6 million.

  • Telstra unveils AU$1.5 billion IP core

    The nation's largest telco today claimed success for delivering a key part of its internal technology transformation -- a new AU$1.5 billion Internet Protocol-based (IP) network core dubbed "Next IP".

Features and Case Studies

  • Photos: Telstra visits the doctor

    Telstra doesn't just "do telephones" according to Deena Schiff, Telstra Group MD — it seems it's also got its eye on the health space. This week in Sydney, the telco has been showing off the latest health tech from its partners, including a wireless stethoscope and remote monitoring for aged and disability care.

  • Alcatel Lucent: Ray Gilbert

    Ray Gilbert, assistant vice president for IT enterprise collaboration at Alcatel Lucent, tells ZDNet.com editor-in-chief Dan Farber how the telecom services provider is addressing mobility needs and convergence challenges for the next generation of digital devices.

  • FAQ: Behind Microsoft's MP3 patent jam

    With Redmond on the hook for US$1.5 billion, should other audio tech users be worried about what's next?

  • VoIP handsets reviewed

    Voice over Internet Protocol, in some way, shape, or form, is a standard inclusion now with most business telephony systems. We review the latest offerings.

  • Will VoIP really drive convergence?

    Or is convergence just a pipe dream that should be quietly forgotten? Given all the talk about melding voice and data networks, why aren't more companies implementing it?

  • Security in year of 'BUT'

    IT watcher Jon Oltsik says businesses are changing how they think about information security -- and none too soon.

  • Teleworking: You'll never work alone

    Modern solutions are giving staff the option of using the virtual office. In this special report, we investigate what companies can gain from allowing employees to work remotely.

  • Finding the perfect teleworking tools

    Technology is allowing workers to stay in contact no matter where they are. How do you choose the right combination of hardware, software, data transport, and voice transport, then secure the whole lot and make sure your organisation is set up to take advantage?

  • Search ends for Australia's best IT employer

    Find out which company bagged the grand prize. Meanwhile, Techex and Westnet tied for the first runner-up position while storage vendor EMC Australia bagged the third runner-up spot.

  • Australia's Best IT employer: Meet the finalists

    The search for ZDNet Australia's leading technology employer is almost over. From Sydney to Perth, Darwin to Adelaide, the votes are in. Here's the top 10 finalists.

Reviews

  • Alcatel One Touch 735

    The Alcatel One Touch 735 is a reasonable mid-range mobile handset, let down by a very basic problem. Read our Australian review.

  • Alcatel One Touch 320

    The Alcatel One Touch 320 lacks many of the features that grace modern mobile phones, but an ultra-low price point should appeal to people who just want to talk.

  • Reviews News: Firewall frenzy

    New firewalls, switches, MP3 players and business applications feature in this week's Australian announcements.

  • Intel hopes for new connection

    Intel is building new technology for connecting chips inside telecommunications and networking equipment, part of its plan to delve deeper into the communications world.

  • Ericsson T68: Colour at a cost

    Ericsson's hook for the T68 is the splendour of a mobile screen capable of 256 colours. Is that enough to justify its price tag?

  • Mobile phone carrier technology chart

    Head spinning from all the cell phone acronyms and wireless tech jargon? Forget the Valium and chill out instead with our handy carrier technology chart. In seconds, you'll know what phones work with which networks and what it all means.

  • Accessorise with power

    If ever the phrase 'keep it simple stupid' applied in the case of a new phone accessory this is it. The PC-to-Phone Charger gives road warriors an easy way to re-charge their mobile phones when reaching a power socket is a bit of a stretch.

  • Ericsson pushes ahead with EMS

    Ericcson has unveiled what it believes are the first enhanced messaging service compliant mobile phones released in Australia - the T29 and T20e.

Blogs

  • Just how fast is fast, anyway?

    There's something immensely gratifying about accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- particularly in IT, where pundits regularly proclaim that a particular technology has hit its physical limits.

  • Huawei and cultural values

    Last week I gained first hand insight into how one of the up and comers in networking is putting price pressure on heavyweights like Cisco, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.

  • Unscripted shower rattled Trujillo

    Like many reporters engaged in the shady business of covering the Australian telecommunications sector, I spent Friday, 6 October, at Telstra's mammoth eight hour investor briefing in Sydney.

  • Zikou jumps into the fire

    Bill Zikou is coming back after five years in the Balkans to head up Ericsson Australia ... but is he up to the task?

  • Competition still matters

    Let's not go back to the bad old days where telco and vendor incumbents were unchallenged.

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    Earlier this month, Telstra put out a press release trumpeting that it's come up with a new phone coaching service to help people who are "bamboozled" by their mobiles. Another excellent example of wrongheaded thinking from the mobile industry.
  • Array Dear carriers: More walking, less talking
    Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all — and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.
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