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  • No sale: iBurst network to shut down

    The iBurst wireless broadband network owned by failed Australian ICT products and services firm Commander would be shut down by 19 December, according to a failed bidder for the network.

  • SkyNetGlobal, BigAir forge broadband relationship

    Australia's fledgling wireless broadband market has taken another step forward with SkyNetGlobal and BigAir Australia forming a "strategic alliance" to deliver residential broadband services.

  • Wireless broadband players join forces

    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.

  • BigAir goes public to fund wireless expansion

    Wireless carrier BigAir will list on the Australian Stock Exchange with the aim of generating funds to expand its fixed wireless broadband network beyond Sydney.

  • Australia's latest WiMax network comes to Sydney

    One company claims to have beaten the government's AU$1 billion WiMax network to the punch with the first commercial launch of a wireless broadband network based on the same technology.

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    WiMax in Australia: Part one

    Will WiMax ever get a stronghold in Australia? The answer, it seems, depends on who you ask. This week's Twisted Wire puts the question to those in the know.

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  • Around the world in.... WiMax

    WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.

  • Wireless ISP launches Australian service

    Australia's first pure wireless Internet service provider launched its commercial broadband Internet service in Sydney today, claiming full independence from Telstra-owned telephony infrastructure.

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