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  • Timeline: Telstra's path from CDMA to Next G

    It's been a long road to the closure of Telstra's CDMA network. ZDNet.com.au takes a look back at how it all happened.

  • As CDMA closes, another data door opens for the bush

    While the relative merits of Next G vs CDMA as a mobile phone network will forever remain in question, no one seems to be arguing that Next G is winning out when it comes to data.

  • CDMA shutdown: Rural communities left in black spots

    The official word from Telstra and the Federal government is that the Next G Network provides equivalent or superior coverage to CDMA. Try telling that to the people of Mangoplah, NSW.

  • Phones to buy at the CDMA funeral

    We're aware many people in rural areas of Australia are anticipating the shutdown of Telstra's CDMA network, on 28 April 2008, with some trepidation, to say the least. If you're still using a CDMA phone, here is a selection of "blue tick", or best reception Next G phones.

  • Telstra hearing alarm bells over CDMA?

    After years of discussions and months of government wrangling, it's finally time for Telstra to close down CDMA for good. So how will the telco go about switching off an entire network?

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    In CDMA hubbub, don't forget the broadband

    Last week, a family friend rang for some technical help. "Telstra sold me this wireless Internet service and they promised it would work both at my home and at my office," he said. Said home is in the Melbourne CBD, and said office is in Kyneton, a lovely town about an hour away from Melbourne.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Fit for purpose, not just for headlines

    With the OPEL bid cancelled and procedural questions dogging the FTTN bid, Australia is currently in something of a technological limbo.

Features and Case Studies (19)

  • Telstra's Next G Network reception Your Say

    With Telstra set to shut off its CDMA network we want to hear your comments and your experiences with the switch over to the Next G network.

  • Mobile comms: can you predict the future?

    Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.

  • Photos: Australian broadband coverage

    With a fierce battle raging over Australia's broadband future and how bush users should be connected, regulators have weighed in to produce a state of nation report into the country's communications infrastructure and how well consumers are being served by their providers.

  • Jetstar: Stephen Tame, CIO

    In this video interview, Jetstar CIO Stephen Tame explains technology's part in helping the airline meet its goals, as well as the role IT plays as it expands into a number of long-haul international destinations.

  • Thin clients a permanent fixture at Maroochy Shire

    New technology gains legitimacy when it solves real business problems, but becomes indispensable when it offers to take that business in completely new directions. Such has been the case at Maroochy Shire Council, where a quite conventional thin-client rollout is now facilitating new ways of working for employees in the office and on the road.

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Reviews (39)

  • Telstra CDMA 1xRTT Communication Card

    Telstra's wireless CDMA 1x network is for Australian road warriors who don't mind paying big bucks for maximum mobility.

  • BlackBerry 7250

    As a tool for the e-mail-centric, the BlackBerry wins plenty of praise on its own merits and the addition of wireless modem functionality further sweetens the deal.

  • Bluetooth pushes into new markets

    Exhibitors at this week's annual Bluetooth World Congress, beginning on Tuesday, are pushing the wireless cable-replacement technology into realms where it has not gone before.

  • Nokia 6385: Average CDMA phone

    Close your eyes. Picture a mobile phone. Make it CDMA. That's the Nokia 6385 you just pictured. Read all about this entirely average phone in our Australian review.

  • Telstra pledges better bush telecommunications

    Telstra Country Wide has announced a AU$231 million investment in 2003/04 to improve services to regional areas.

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