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  • Trujillo aims to 'blow everyone out of the water'

    Telstra's plans to switch on ADSL2+ across 900 exchanges throughout the country may have a substantial destabilising effect on the communications market, and alter the national carriers relationship with government and regulators, according to a report.

  • 1.3 million iPhones in Australia by 2012

    A study released this week has predicted that around 1.3 million iPhones will be shipped by Apple to Australia over the next five years, as the appetite for converged devices continue to grow.

  • Networks need to team up for 3G - IDC

    Telecommunications carriers may have to share 3G networks in Australia if they all want a piece of the Australian 3G market.

  • Telstra bracing for BlackBerry battle - IDC

    Expect a battle for the best BlackBerry solutions package in Australia very soon, says IDC.

  • 3G still to win hearts and minds?

    Saturation of the Australian marketplace with mobile devices early next year is, analysts claim, unlikely to slow the pace of innovation and competition in the wireless sector.

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    iPhone suckers test our patience

    So how many of you have bought a 3G iPhone? Do you feel like a sucker? If you don't, maybe you will once your first bill arrives.

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  • Is there life in Google's Android?

    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.

  • Mobile comms: can you predict the future?

    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.

  • Can Windows Mobile squash BlackBerry?

    Microsoft admits Research in Motion's BlackBerry device dominates the market in handheld e-mail provision, but contends its own solution can cut costs for enterprises -- a claim RIM denies.

  • What's holding back Wi-Fi?

    The potential of public wireless local area networks has been well documented but there are some very real obstacles that need to be overcome.

  • Supercomputers getting super-duper

    It's getting hard to keep a place on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

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  • AU: Vodafone's multimedia push gets thumbs up

    Vodafone Live, launched on Tuesday, is likely to be a success in Australia, according to mobile communications analyst Jason Ross.

  • Linux to power most Motorola phones

    Motorola will begin selling its first mobile phone based on Linux this year and says most models will follow suit, a major sign of the growing popularity of the operating system outside its stronghold on high-end computers.

  • Supercomputers getting super-duper

    It's getting hard to keep a place on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

  • Upwardly mobile

    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.

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