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    A Melbourne company is offering five gigabytes a month broadband access for less than fifty dollars.

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    The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has warned pre-paid mobile phone account holders they may be paying more than they bargained for.

  • AAPT's pre-paid customer base shifted

    Commoditel has acquired the pre-paid customer base of AAPT as Telecom New Zealand continues to review the options for its struggling Australian telecommunications business

  • Vodafone Aust bets on pre-paid offers

    Australia's number three telecommunications player, Vodafone, is placing its faith in pre-paid mobile offers -- giving customers the option of a set number of free text messages or discounted call rates -- to boost its consumer business.

  • TIO investigates pre-paid mobile accounts

    The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is investigating SIM-Unlock fees attached to pre-paid mobile accounts to determine whether they are 'penalties', and therefore unrecoverable by common law.

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  • What Telstra, others can learn from South Africa

    A mobile telecommunications revolution in Africa is bringing new economic opportunities to the world's most impoverished continent, while providing lessons that can help carriers around the world push into other low-value markets. Brad Howarth reports.

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    Vodafone Australia has reported growth in raw customer numbers in its latest quarterly figures, released last night on the London stock exchange, but the news is not all good.

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  • TIO investigates pre-paid mobile accounts

    The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is investigating SIM-Unlock fees attached to pre-paid mobile accounts to determine whether they are 'penalties', and therefore unrecoverable by common law.

  • Pre-paid market drives AU mobile boom

    Australia's mobile telecommunications market grew by more than 12 per cent in 2002/03, driven by a continuing surge in pre-paid services.

  • Optus avoids cutting mobile rates

    SingTel Optus has avoided slashing its mobile rates in moving to compete with rivals, opting instead to introduce new plans with increased flexibility such as allowing customers to roll back a two-year contract if they exceed the number of calls stipulated in their plan.

  • AAPT attacks mobile market

    AAPT is the first telco to respond to Hutchison's aggressive pricing structure, announcing a pre-paid plan at 49c per minute as a flat rate.

  • Sony Ericsson K660i

    The K660i shares most of its specs with budget-priced phones, with the addition of HSDPA data speeds, and minus the budget price tag.

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