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Optus this week claimed the 3G mobile outages it had been suffering were normal and every telecommunications carrier would be having similar issues.
WiMax is forecast to take off in the Asia Pacific region, reaching 43 million subscribers and estimated revenues of US$11 billion by the end of 2013 but Australia will not be featuring heavily in the mass adoption.
Yahoo has unveiled OneConnect, a new tool that allows mobile phone users to aggregate their social-networking updates and messaging in one spot on their phones at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Fledgling technology mobile WiMax could rack up 80 million subscribers within five years despite having just few commercial networks to its name to date.
I don't think I'm stepping out of line when I say that every good analysis combines facts and opinion.
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There are times when the tone of Australia's broadband discussions makes me want to laugh, and others when it just makes me want to cry. The past week has been one of the latter, after two very different broadband-related stories made their way across my desk.
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Market scepticism hasn't dampened industry fervour in Asia-Pacific for rolling out public wireless access points, known as hot spots, nor has it put the brakes on user subscriptions, according to a study by market analyst firm IDC.
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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.
Asian mobile firms have developed a ringtone that wards off mosquitoes.
The settlement of the legal battle between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner means Netscape can now be taken off life support and the body harvested for any useful parts that remain.
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