Telstra is understood to be gearing up to bundle spam, virus and parental control filtering products with its BigPond Internet offerings in a bid to ease customer concern over unsolicited and unwanted online material.
Vodafone Australia has set its sights on the small-office home-office (SOHO) and small to medium enterprise (SME) market with the release of its new mobile business bundles.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken a significant step towards blocking Telstra's controversial move into service "bundling" amid claims from the carrier it is being unfairly singled out over the practice.
In a case of better late than never, Optus-owned Virgin Mobile is now offering the Apple iPhone 3G at a marginally cheaper price point than its competitors in Australia.
The competition regulator yesterday announced a preliminary decision to exempt Telstra from having to supply rivals with wholesale telephone services in some metropolitan areas.
Although 3G phones have been around for years, it appears the iPhone 3G has successfully rewritten the rules of competition in Australia's mobile sector whetting the nation's appetite for data.
What a week it's been for mobiles.
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
Streaker Robert Ogilvie may have learned the hard way that getting naked can be painful, but many other Australians are apparently learning the same lesson as they try to break ties with Telstra once and for all.
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The federal government today confirmed plans to make only minor tweaks to telecomms regulations to accommodate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and forecast only low mass-market takeup of the next-generation telephony technology for the next two-three years.
Apple Computer today launched its long-awaited iTunes Music Store in Australia, finally giving iPod owners a legal way of downloading music online. Extra: A peek at other Web stores.
Competition should drive more affordable products and services unless you're Telstra where "the only way is up" seems to be its motto.
As mega outsoucing deals begin to lose their shine, is it time for selective sourcing to take centre stage?
The TU500 isn't going to win any fashion awards, but underneath its pedestrian skin lurks a highly capable Next G phone.
Here's a dollop of irony: the best Windows Mobile smartphone has been created by Palm! A bevy of OS enhancements and access to Telstra's Next G mobile broadband network easily make it the best Windows Mobile device we've ever used.
Telstra Country Wide has announced a AU$231 million investment in 2003/04 to improve services to regional areas.
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is investigating SIM-Unlock fees attached to pre-paid mobile accounts to determine whether they are 'penalties', and therefore unrecoverable by common law.
Modem manufacturer D-Link had been distributing one of its ADSL modems to some of Telstra's largest wholesale customers without the carrier's interoperability certification for around four months.
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