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    Vodafone has rolled out HSDPA -- a higher speed version of 3G -- to a slew of new metropolitan areas in Australia, but rural users will have to wait for the same privilege.

  • Optus: Telstra/ACCC deal 'disappointing'

    Optus today said that the terms of Telstra's AU$6.5 million deal with the competition watchdog over broadband pricing were "disappointing", given the telecommunications heavyweight had accrued a potential cumulative liability of AU$300 million.

  • The year of living dangerously

    The year 2006 was one of extremes for the Australian telecommunications sector.

  • Optus CEO calls it a day

    Optus chief executive Chris Anderson is to step down from his position at the end of August this year, Optus' parent company Singapore Telecommunications announced today.

  • Road warriors set to iBurst with joy

    Mobile users will be the big winners in a radical revamp of iBurst wireless broadband plans which network operator Personal Broadband Australia will unveil tomorrow.

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    Note to Howard: Sometimes, you get what you asked for

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  • Optus, SingTel share multinational VPN deal

    Optus and its parent company SingTel have signed a two-year multimillion-dollar deal to provide a virtual private network to multinational insurance firm Marsh.

  • Finding the perfect teleworking tools

    Technology is allowing workers to stay in contact no matter where they are. How do you choose the right combination of hardware, software, data transport, and voice transport, then secure the whole lot and make sure your organisation is set up to take advantage?

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    A Web server opens up your business to the outside world, so how do you keep out those parts of the world you don't like?

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  • BlackBerry Bold 9000

    The Bold is what BlackBerry fans have been waiting for. It's feature-rich and sharply designed, let down in small measure by some cumbersome software.

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