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The federal government's rural broadband plan is just a "spoiler", Labor frontbencher Simon Crean said today.
Telstra has refused to confirm reports it will allow rivals to access its proposed national fibre network.
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With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.
Unwired CEO, David Spence, has urged Australia's communications regulators to protect a tranche of prime wireless broadband spectrum due to be auctioned September from anti-competitive behaviour by existing carriers.
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