Emerging wireless broadband providers may get "screwed" by the Australian Communications Authority's plan to auction off four additional radiofrequency spectrum licences for broadband wireless access use, an IDC analyst said today.
Vodafone has announced a New Year's resolution that will be music to the ears of long-suffering regional mobile phone users -- promising to spend up to AU$500 million on a next generation mobile broadband network that will cover some 95 percent of the Australian population by Christmas 2008.
The government has revealed how its new plan will tackle broadband blackspots in both metropolitan and rural areas using WiMax.
As rollouts of broadband over powerline (BPL) technology gain pace in Australia, the nation's communications regulator will take another look at the rules for its deployment.
Telstra has stepped up its campaign against the consumer watchdog, taking out full-page advertisements in major daily newspapers in every capital city.
If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
The world of speculative telecommunications investments has quieted down considerably since the beginning of the decade, when hype-fuelled carriers plunked down billions to reserve the right to carry mobile phone calls, video calls, and massive volumes of spam at high speed using then-fanciful 3G mobile technology.
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but Australian utilities' recent abandonment of broadband over powerline (BPL) technology has all but sealed the fate of a technology that was once hoped to bring high-speed data to every corner of Australia.
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.
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Unwired CEO, David Spence, has urged Australia's communications regulators to protect a tranche of prime wireless broadband spectrum due to be auctioned September from anti-competitive behaviour by existing carriers.
Intel predicted three years of solid development in wireless broadband on Tuesday, as it showed the first samples of its Rosedale 802.16 WiMax chip.
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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The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.
After 13 years of proprietary products and ineffective standards, the networking industry has finally decided to back one set of standards for wireless networking: the 802.11 series from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). These emerging standards define wireless Ethernet, or wireless LAN (WLAN).
Telstra Country Wide has announced a AU$231 million investment in 2003/04 to improve services to regional areas.
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