Woolworths' chief executive Michael Luscombe says uptake of its talk-and-text prepaid mobile packages, which rely on Optus' 2G network, has been so successful that it will now offer 3G and data packages.
Woolworths customers don't want data included in their mobile phone plans, according to research the retailer completed to launch its 2G wholesale mobile partnership with Optus today.
Retailers are being warned to expect an increase in online fraud as new initiatives to secure bricks-and-mortar transactions incent criminals to target other channels.
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A wearable-computing company specialising in wireless items this week won several patents for devices including a credit card terminal that fits on a wrist and can print receipts.
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If there's one indication that customer relationship management (CRM) systems at telcos are screwed up it's got to be the phenomenon of the 'zero dollar' bill.
When Coles introduced Fly Buys, Woolworths introduced Everyday Rewards. When Coles introduced petrol discount vouchers, Woolworths introduced petrol discount vouchers. It's a bold plan, but can it and Coles' inevitable copycat product change the prepaid mobile world for the better?
Previously, much of the business model for the in-flight connectivity market has remained up in the air -- but that could all be about to change thanks to RIM and pals.
Like many reporters engaged in the shady business of covering the Australian telecommunications sector, I spent Friday, 6 October, at Telstra's mammoth eight hour investor briefing in Sydney.
The Commonwealth Bank stands alone as the only top tier bank in Australia with its sights on biometrics as a means to improve security for its customers -- but critics say the technology is still too young.
The software giant has been showing off some of the applications of its tabletop computer, the Surface -- an interactive, touch-sensitive environment that reacts to objects coming into contact with its flat surface.
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The new interactive Telstra "flagship" store will be open from 2 November. Dubbed T.Life, the store is located at 400 George Street, on the corner of George and King on the group floor of the Telstra building.
In final instalment of 'Securing Microsoft', Ina Fried looks at the next generation of security threats. With Microsoft now outspending everyone with their massive security budget, will it be enough to stop ever more sophisticated security threats?
Australian MasterCard executives are awaiting the results of a joint trial with Nokia in the United States of new technologies that allow individuals to use their mobile phones as credit cards before implementing any local program.
An extended period of negotiation over a relatively simple "over the phone" top-up solution for pre-paid mobiles has highlighted the conservative approach financial institutions are taking to e-commerce participation.
ARM is to integrate security into its popular processor cores for mobile devices, paving the way for Palladium-style secure systems.
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The Nokia 6310i is designed for professionals who want to be connected to anything, anywhere. It has tri-band GSM, at 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz, which is fantastic if you travel to places which use a different GSM technology, and useless if you don't.
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