Australia's mobile carriers are currently trying desperately to shove their shiny new third-generation (3G) networks down consumers' throats.
Networking vendor Ericsson was forced to bring in international talent to match Telstra's gruelling 10-month schedule for construction of its "Next G" third-generation (3G) mobile network.
The federal communications minister has reassured rural Australia her department plans to work with Telstra and the communications regulator to ensure the bush won't be disadvantaged as the telco dumps its existing CDMA network in favour of a new national 3G mobile offering.
Telstra has asked the federal government to clarify if it will regulate the telco's proposed AU$1 billion third generation, or 3G, mobile phone network.
A group representing the 3G mobile telephony family, in town to lobby politicians, says Telstra wouldn't be able to service rural Australia properly if the telco sold off its CDMA network.
Many Australians are drooling at the prospect of 100Mbps broadband, but Trujillo seems to have a bigger endgame in mind. As Telstra poaches customers from the PSTN and NBN, he'll leave more poison pills than we've seen since Phar Lap.
Telstra's 21Mbps Next-G boost and Internode's new 100Mbps FttH networks may be both companies' show ponies, but when it comes to helping most of us, their need-for-speed posturing is just a box-and-dice distraction that we've all seen before.
It has been a busy year in telecoms, whether because of the increasingly bitter relationship between Telstra and the government; the awarding of the contentious but (finally) progressive broadband contract to OPEL; the pivotal election that led to a change of government; or the move of 3G mobile technology into the mainstream at last.
Pigs are flying in flocks as Telstra has a change of heart on separation. Given the vitriol of the past few years, Rudd and Conroy deserve credit for bypassing the copper loop and, in so doing, bringing Australia's most big-mouthed telco in line at last.
What a week it's been for mobiles.
In his role as Telstra's chief executive, Sol Trujillo is the most talked about and controversial telecommunications executive in Australia. ZDNet.com.au sister site CNET News.com sat down with Trujillo during a recent trip to the US to quiz him about wireless and handsets.
In these two audio recordings, Nigel Dews, the CEO of mobile carrier 3, firstly goes through the current state of the company in detail and then deals with tough questions from reporters and analysts.
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The story of how Telstra lost its network is one of hubris and bungling, of misreading the play in Australia by men from the US who thought they knew everything already. Shareholders should never forget this.
The nation's largest telco will commence trials of its third generation mobile network in a few days. Meanwhile, BigPond beefs up its billing system.
Telstra has quietly started offering two new ways of accessing its new nation-wide third-generation Next G mobile network, with two new USB modems now on sale.
Hutchison has announced it will launch its third generation mobile service "3" on April 15, just over two weeks after Telstra.
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NEC's N600i is a 3G clamshell with a 1.3-megapixel camera that supports a wireless Internet service called i-mode to access to sites such as eBay, Whereis and Citibank from your phone.
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.
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