Telstra today adjusted pricing for its wireless broadband service for the second time in as many months, introducing a new low-use entry-level plan and data shaping on higher use contracts.
Internet service provider Internode has halted its regional broadband rollout due to an "unexpected and premature end" of the federal government's Broadband Connect Program.
Telstra plans to respond in a "measured way" to the competitive threat posed by voice over Internet protocol services, with the maximum net revenue effect on the carrier over the next 18 to 24 months "unlikely to be material" to its traditional voice revenues, senior Telstra executive Ted Pretty said today.
Even in big cities it can be a heck of a lot easier to find a Big Mac than it can be to find a wireless hotspot.
Telstra will launch wireless broadband hotspots in various Starbucks Australia stores this month, under a new alliance between Telstra and the coffee moguls international "technology partner" HP.
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Australia's competition regulator has warned it will act to ensure technological innovations that pose a serious threat to Telstra's dominance of the telecommunications sector are not "strangled at birth".
Australia is about to undergo a long overdue broadband boom, according to an industry report to be released later this month.
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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.
Much-hyped broadband wireless technology won't get its big break for another five years, analysts say.
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As long as you're a metropolitan broadband user, Telstra BigPond Wireless Broadband delivers well, but it can't be said to be an inexpensive broadband option.
iBurst is a superb wireless broadband solution that's highly useful for the mobile business user, but users who don't require portability will likely find its price to be a deal breaker.
Fancy a 1.3Mbps broadband pipeline direct to your notebook, without a cable in sight? The new BigPond wireless data card makes good on Telstra's lofty promises for its Next G network.
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