Australians will soon have another alternative for wireless broadband Internet, with Melbourne start-up Azure Wireless set to step into the ring with more establish players.
Networking equipment giant switches gears and takes the plunge into WiMax with the acquisition of Navini Networks.
Around 1250 buildings in Tasmanian cities Hobart and Devonport will get 100Mbps fibre broadband piped to their front door, in a two-year trial due to start late November.
Wollongong-based IT startup Omnidrive has already attracted over 9,000 people interested in testing its fledgling online storage solution, despite having opened the doors for applications just one month ago.
The Tasmanian National Broadband Network Company has started work on constructing the Midway Point fibre link in the state.
Eighteen months after the Federal Government severed an important lifeline for innovative Australian start-ups, a new $196 million program has been announced to help fill the Australian funding void. But will it really help?
Debate over the National Broadband Network is heating up. Is it economic? Do we want to avoid two major networks? What will be built? How will it be funded?
Cloud Computing not for New Zealand?
Should Telstra be investing in a pre-emptive defence against the NBN? Or should it go slow and wait like everybody else?
I have seen the NBN, and it looks a lot like Christina Aguilera. Or, at least, it looked like her when I dropped into Ericsson's Melbourne headquarters recently to see a live demo of their NBN solutions. Yet behind the streaming TV, one question lingers -- and not even the government seems able to answer it.
Stephen Conroy's opus on the future direction of Australia's Digital Economy mainly curates existing success stories and government policies, and does little to demonstrate any form of roadmap to take the nation out of the Dark Ages.
The Rudd Government's decision to build its own broadband network significantly cranks up the threat to Telstra's dominance in the telecommunications sector.
Whirlpool founder Simon Wright explains how he built the influential broadband forum, what makes it tick, and why he won't commercialise the business.
New Zealand's new Communications Minister Stephen Joyce has the gargantuan task of dragging New Zealand into the next broadband age, a labour which will take 10 years.
In his role as Telstra's chief executive, Sol Trujillo is the most talked about and controversial telecommunications executive in Australia. ZDNet.com.au sister site CNET News.com sat down with Trujillo during a recent trip to the US to quiz him about wireless and handsets.
Telstra has quietly started offering two new ways of accessing its new nation-wide third-generation Next G mobile network, with two new USB modems now on sale.
Road warriors rejoice -- 3G data cards are bringing some long awaited speed to mobile Internet access. We take a look at offerings from the major Australian carriers.
It's not exactly cheap, but if you want wireless broadband on the go -- and critically, if you live in the right bits of the correct cities -- then it's your best current choice.
The Linksys WRT54G3G does an admirable job of simply and seamlessly sharing a Vodafone 3G data connection.
The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.
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