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  • Vodafone and Optus in mobile broadband war

    Mobile broadband is taking a price dive this Christmas, with Vodafone and Optus trotting out low priced plans with high download quotas. But Telstra says its competitors' networks are too slow and offer limited coverage.

  • 3 slashes mobile broadband prices for Christmas

    3 has slashed the cost of its mobile data packages in time for Christmas, which now puts the carrier in line with rivals Vodafone and Optus, both of which announced similar deals last week.

  • Hutchison's HSDPA coming early next year

    Mobile carrier Hutchison wants to start providing data speeds of up to 3.6Mbps on the back of its third-generation (3G) mobile phone network from March or April next year.

  • Vodafone launches 3G mobile service

    Vodafone today launched its third-generation high-speed mobile phone service, going head-to-head with competitors Hutchison, Telstra and eventually Optus.

  • Unwired loses favour with Exetel

    Local internet service provider Exetel today said it might stop reselling Unwired's pre-WiMax wireless broadband service as it inked a deal to provide 3G mobile broadband services through Optus.

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  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Vodafone waves white flag in WiMax wars

    After the government threw its hat in the ring over WiMax, friends and foes of the technology have been frothing at the mouth to deliver a natty sound bite on why the standard is the wireless equivalent of a cold sore or the saviour of all things broadband. Vodafone has now announced it's sleeping with enemy and joining the WiMax Forum. Who's the winner here?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    iPhone madness: What's a gigabyte worth?

    A while back, frustration with my inability to get online outside of the office drove me to invest in a 3G data service from Hutchinson's 3. For $30 per month, I get 2GB of data that's accessible pretty much anywhere I go (I do all my work in metropolitan areas).

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Forget the drought, it's raining broadband

    As Christmas roars in upon us and the Rudds, Trujillos, and Conroys of the world hang their Christmas stockings, everybody is casting an eye to 2008 and the changes it will bring.

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  • Vodafone and Optus in mobile broadband war

    Mobile broadband is taking a price dive this Christmas, with Vodafone and Optus trotting out low priced plans with high download quotas. But Telstra says its competitors' networks are too slow and offer limited coverage.

  • The connection conundrum: 3G or Wi-Fi?

    Vendors insist third-generation mobile and Wi-Fi hot spots are complementary technologies, while analysts claim that it's decision time again. Additional reading: Wireless networking 10 times faster?

  • Finding the perfect teleworking tools

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  • Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G HSDPA Card

    Vodafone's enhanced notebook PC Card delivers what the mobile telco calls 'business class 3G broadband' -- but until more of the 3G network is upgraded with HSDPA, most users will remain stuck in economy seats.

  • 3 Mobile Broadband USB Modem

    It's hard to say whether it's the hardware or the network at fault with 3's USB Mobile Broadband USB Modem. Either way, we're not impressed with what it offers.

  • HSDPA: BigPond vs Vodafone

    High-speed mobile broadband has arrived! We compare Telstra's BigPond Wireless Next G service with Vodafone's HSDPA-enhanced 3G network.

  • Fujitsu Siemens pushes 3G laptops

    The PC maker will focus on building high-speed networking into all its laptops. It's also keen on energy efficiency.

  • 3 NetConnect HSDPA ExpressCard

    3's new mobile broadband card is almost a no-brainer: It sprints along on 3's current 3G network and will kick into overdrive following the 3.6Mbps HSDPA network overhaul, slips into notebook ExpessCard and PC Card slots and to top it off, has exceptional pricing plans.

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