Western Australia Police has inked a new contract with network hardware supplier Motorola that will see it more than double the size of its radio network and add mobile data capabilities.
VMware is in the early stages of embedding its technology in a range of smartphones, enabling them to connect to PCs and run applications that were designed for other mobile phones.
Telecom NZ and Vodafone today said they had reached an agreement to resolve interference issues that prompted Vodafone to go to the High Court to stop Telecom NZ launching its new mobile WCDMA network.
Mobile operator Vodafone has initiated legal proceedings against Telecom New Zealand, alleging the Kiwi incumbent's new XT mobile network was causing interference to Vodafone's own.
Wikipedia will announce a new mobile platform for its online encyclopedia later this year, according to a speaker at Linux.conf.au (LCA) this week in Hobart.
The fact that Australia won't be represented at either of the globe's pre-eminent showcases for emerging tech companies should be considered a national disgrace.
The long-awaited launch of New Zealand's newest mobile operator 2degrees took place this morning; but the offering isn't as hot as it could be by a long shot.
Telcos would love to shift the cost of expanding mobile network coverage to customers with femtocells, but are they a good idea for customers?
Will we see mass adoption of VoIP calling on our mobile phones? Does VoIP over 3G provide the quality of voice call that we've grown to expect? Can we expect the mobile carriers to fight its adoption and control access on their networks?
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The release of the iPhone 3G in July 2008 led to the creation of an entire industry where developers worked on their own applications to sell through Apple's App Store. This trend has since been picked up by larger companies. Read about why such a phenomenon is fast becoming a success.
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.
Australian mid-cap miner OZ Minerals should have picked Apple's iPhone instead of Research in Motion's BlackBerry.
Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market -- coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype -- could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption for some time to come.
Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.
In this CIO Vision Series interview, Wybrow explains how he fosters a culture of innovation against a backdrop of IT consolidation and outsourcing across Vodafone's mobile communications empire and 4,000-strong global IT workforce.
If you need an all-in-one communications, navigation and imaging device and don't mind charging it every night, Nokia's N95 raises the bar in the mobile world.
Galleo announces a Linux-based device that incorporates a PDA, Web appliance, and cellular phone.
Want a phone that lets you take your office applications and Web browsing with you and a camera to boot? If you're not fashion conscious the Nokia 9500 might just be your answer. Read our Australian review.
In a renewed grab for a bigger slice of the enterprise mobility pie, Nokia has announced three new built-for-business phones and unveiled a new version of its server-based Mobile Suite platform.
Telstra has unveiled an upgrade to its Next G mobile high-speed data network that it claims has delivered download speeds of up to 2.3Mbps at a range of 200km.
Only two iPhones were on public display at Macworld but CNET.com.au's Jeremy Roche managed to get hold of one. Here's his verdict.
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