The nation's number two telco Optus today said it might consider compensating some businesses for the loss of mobile, landline and internet services yesterday.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be introducing changes to the regulation of restricted content available online and via mobile premium services next week, even after an overwhelming negative response from the media and industry.
Vodafone has announced a New Year's resolution that will be music to the ears of long-suffering regional mobile phone users -- promising to spend up to AU$500 million on a next generation mobile broadband network that will cover some 95 percent of the Australian population by Christmas 2008.
The government has revealed how its new plan will tackle broadband blackspots in both metropolitan and rural areas using WiMax.
Telstra has stepped up its campaign against the consumer watchdog, taking out full-page advertisements in major daily newspapers in every capital city.
During a trip to the US four years ago, I rented a car fitted with an XM satellite radio which gave me well over 100 radio stations, each carrying a continuous stream of crystal-clear talk radio or music in a surprising array of genres.
Keen news readers would have heard about the strong earthquake that rocked south-western Greece on Sunday. Fewer may have realised that the quake was not so much an act of God, as an act of Jobs.
After we published a list of the funniest and most biting public comments by Telstra's bombastic public policy chief Phil Burgess last week, a number of ZDNet.com.au readers wrote in suggesting more.
In an exclusive interview, the Australian Communications Authority's retiring chairman Dr Bob Horton explains why consumer rights continue to lag. He touches on other topics including regulating mobile adult content.
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They promise low-cost connectivity that could make conventional, expensive WANs a thing of the past. But can roll-your-own Internet VPNs really deliver?
Nokia's 6230i is an upgraded version of its classic, unpretentious 6230 with a higher quality screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth.
Ericsson's hook for the T68 is the splendour of a mobile screen capable of 256 colours. Is that enough to justify its price tag?
Head spinning from all the cell phone acronyms and wireless tech jargon? Forget the Valium and chill out instead with our handy carrier technology chart. In seconds, you'll know what phones work with which networks and what it all means.
Fancy a 1.3Mbps broadband pipeline direct to your notebook, without a cable in sight? The new BigPond wireless data card makes good on Telstra's lofty promises for its Next G network.
The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.
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