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  • Aussies pay more: dollar hits ICT prices

    The local branches of a number of global technology powerhouses last week admitted they would hike prices as a result of the declining value of the Australian dollar; and local IT chiefs are not impressed.

  • Vodafone: No 'dollar-a-day' broadband for Aussies

    Vodafone New Zealand has launched a new "dollar-a-day" mobile broadband service, but the carrier's Australian office has told users not to hold their breath for a similar deal here.

  • Aussie dollars boost Asia's broadband coffers

    Australians are paying far more for their broadband service than their counterparts in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a report by IDC.

  • Conroy's broadband forum to cost $500k

    A conference to be held at the University of New South Wales on the future of fast broadband will cost taxpayers $528,000.

  • ANAO to probe NBN $4.7bn RFP

    Federal Auditor-General Ian McPhee will ditch a preliminary inquiry in favour of a full performance audit into the first $4.7 billion National Broadband Network Request for Proposal process.

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  • Read the blog post - Darren Greenwood

    Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?

    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    Telecom's XT network still off at launch

    Telecom New Zealand yesterday launched its new XT 3G mobile network at a ritzy event in Auckland. But the network hasn't gone live yet, which is likely due to new hardware being installed to curb interference that is causing rival Vodafone a headache.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Forget prez - vote Hillary for Optus

    Hillary Clinton's nine lives are not yet depleted and, despite allegations that her stubborn refusal to concede defeat earlier has fragmented her party, she fought her battle to the very end. By placing bets several ways, that battle may just turn into gold for her down the track. Has Optus taken a leaf out of Hillary's book?

  • Is cable the answer to Australian broadband woes?

    What many of us may have forgotten is that there is already a perfectly acceptable technology for delivering triple-play services voice, TV and data over a single cable and doing it cost-effectively and at high volume.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Govt's broadband strategy goes missing

    I should have known better, but I was still a bit suprised to find absolutely zilch for broadband in the latest Howard-Costello Budget.

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  • Telstra opens the door

    The Telstra position is eminently defensible; the prospect of structural separation, legal or practical, is so potentially destructive for Telstra and its shareholders that it couldn't be contemplated.

  • What happened to WiMax's American dream?

    With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.

  • The next Internet revolution is coming

    "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come," said Howard Charney, Cisco's senior vice president, borrowing from Victor Hugo to summarise the power of the Internet.

  • VoIP the right prescription for Melbourne medical chain

    It may have had its share of teething pains, but medical clinic chain Medi 7 has used its VoIP and open source Asterisk PABX rollout to improve call routing and slash thousands of dollars in telecommunications costs.

  • Why you should care about WiMAX

    The next-generation wireless technology could take us one step closer to the mobile nirvana of one bill for mobile, Wi-Fi and broadband connectivity.

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  • David Braue Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.
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    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
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