Users of Telstra's Mobile Loop service will be unable to roam to other countries in five years, with most carriers opting for a rival mobile standard, according to the GSM Association's Ron Conway.
Stolen or lost mobile phones will be blocked across all GSM networks in Australia from September 15.
The number of cell phone users worldwide will rise twofold in the next few years, but there will still be a dramatic slowdown in growth, according to a new study.
Telstra has stopped more than 10,000 lost or stolen mobile telephones from accessing its GSM network since it introduced a blocking system in August this year.
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Videoconferencing at the beach may still be a pipe dream, but the mobile workforce is here today. ZDNet Australia examines how businesses are reaping the benefits of mobility.
After we published a list of the funniest and most biting public comments by Telstra's bombastic public policy chief Phil Burgess last week, a number of ZDNet.com.au readers wrote in suggesting more.
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.
With all eyes on the Australian iPhone release, HTC has stolen some of the limelight with the release of the Touch Diamond. Coming in glossy black, with a large touch screen and an array of features, everything about this phone screams iPhone rival.
Users of Telstra's Mobile Loop service will be unable to roam to other countries in five years, with most carriers opting for a rival mobile standard, according to the GSM Association's Ron Conway.
Stolen or lost mobile phones will be blocked across all GSM networks in Australia from September 15.
In addition to which handset and which service provider to opt for, Australian consumers now have to chose which network to sign up to - GSM or CDMA. So, what are the differences between the two networks?
The number of cell phone users worldwide will rise twofold in the next few years, but there will still be a dramatic slowdown in growth, according to a new study.
O2's Xda II combines a tri-band GPRS/GSM phone with Bluetooth, a digital camera, 128MB of RAM and a SDIO slot into a sleek Pocket PC-based device. Read our Australian review.
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