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• Britain promises broadband for all

  The British government has revealed plans to create a universal service commitment for broadband that would see every last one of the UK's broadband blackspots filled in.

• Coonan threatens to break Telstra in half

  Communications Minister Helen Coonan has revealed the government is considering the structural separation of Telstra as part of a planned fibre-to-the-node rollout.

• UK hits critical broadband target

  The UK's broadband industry will hit a key target by the end of this week, when 1.5 million lines will have been unbundled.

• Broadband lures small firms to hosted services

  A new survey says small companies want to use the same kind of applications as the big boys, and now they have the bandwidth to do it.

• BA cools interest in mile-high Wi-Fi

  British Airways has backed off from plans to roll out in-flight Wi-Fi broadband connectivity on its planes claiming the technology is still too immature and expensive.

Blogs (3)

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  The Swedes are doing it, so why can't we?

  I have never been to Sweden. In fact, I have no real, hard evidence that Sweden really exists as anything more than a collective, Utopian vision where things just work, and life is better.

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  Aussie PCs valuable for all the wrong reasons

  When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?

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  Helen Coonan's fact hunt

  In the broadband war, it seems, everyone has an opinion and those with a vested interest are playing fast and loose with the truth.

Features and Case Studies (12)

• NBN operator must be separated

  Functional separation is a powerful tool that could be employed to ensure consumers receive value for money, choice, variety, and innovative services across the nation.

• Conroy charts national broadband agenda

  The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.

• WiMax in the wings

  A key electronics industry group has approved a significant standard for wireless broadband specifications known as "WiMax," giving a boost to a technology proclaimed as a breakthrough for cheap high-speed Internet access.

• Vodafone's Paul Donovan is the man

  commentary: It is not a foregone conclusion that the successor to outgoing Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo will be internally sourced.

• Yahoo tries to out-Google Google

  Yahoo continues to struggle behind Google in the US but in Australia, it's a slightly different story -- NineMSN, the partnership between Kerry Packer's PBL and Microsoft, remains a major stumbling block for the online giant.

Reviews (2)

• What's next for wireless

  The frequency is changing from wired working to a wireless world. Can this new wave of technology help you gain the cutting edge?

• Voice over IP + wireless LAN = ?

  It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.

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