Australia's second largest telecommunications company has played down the promise of third-generation (3G) mobile services ahead of Hutchison's launch of its AU$3 billion network in coming months.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be introducing changes to the regulation of restricted content available online and via mobile premium services next week, even after an overwhelming negative response from the media and industry.
Optus has signed an agreement with Azure Wireless that will see customers of the Singapore Telecommunications-owned carrier gain access to an additional 450 WiFi hotspots.
Optus is positioning itself to welcome with open arms broadband resellers tired of dealing with Telstra's increasingly hostile wholesale division.
Wireless telco Unwired's chief executive officer David Spence is to chair the Internet Industry Association's (IIA) board in 2006, with a number of other heavyweights taking places by his side.
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.
Those of us who've spent a bit of time attending conferences around Australia will know that every event has its bloopers. This week's Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) conference held in Sydney was certainly no exception.
A look at some of the people and stands from CeBIT 2006.
CeBIT Australia, one of the region's leading ICT tradeshows for the business marketplace, is back again.
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A Web server opens up your business to the outside world, so how do you keep out those parts of the world you don't like?
What's holding back smart cards from widespread use in Australia? Could it be that vendors haven't found the applications consumers really want?
The Federal Government has announced it will make it illegal to change a mobile phone's unique IMEI number in a move to strengthen attempts to end rampant mobile theft.
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In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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