It's been dubbed "the most significant singular event since the opening of the [telecommunications] markets to full competition" in 1997, but what is Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and what does it mean for you?
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Telstra, Optus and other stakeholders agree that the Federal Government should allow the NBN Company to differentiate between its customers on price.
Newly merged mobile telco VHA has announced it will extend Vodafone's iPhone 3G S to 3 Mobile Australia customers, who have previously not been able to buy an iPhone through its telco.
Mobile telcos Vodafone and Hutchison (3 Mobile) today pledged to maintain their voice and data plans for two years to reassure customers their proposed merger wouldn't negatively impact the value they were delivering.
Commercial sensitivities ride roughshod over the NZ public's right to be informed.
What's up with Vodafone going legal? Last week, it announced that it was taking Telecom NZ to court, because of alleged network interference from the latter's new mobile network.
Telcos would love to shift the cost of expanding mobile network coverage to customers with femtocells, but are they a good idea for customers?
The long-awaited launch of New Zealand's newest mobile operator 2degrees took place this morning; but the offering isn't as hot as it could be by a long shot.
Smack down: it seems the Independent Oversight Group (IOG) set up to keep an eye on Telecom NZ's regulatory undertakings as part of the operational separation of its business takes its task seriously.
commentary: It is not a foregone conclusion that the successor to outgoing Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo will be internally sourced.
2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.
The obvious candidates for consolidation in Australia's telecommunications sector are the 170 internet service providers that are scratching to make a living, but others include Dodo, M8 Telecom, Macquarie Telecom and Eftel.
There is no single candidate right now better suited to succeed Sol Trujillo as Telstra chief executive than the telco's current consumer marketing and channels chief David Moffatt.
Nicholas Negroponte is a man on a mission. As Chairman of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC), he has big plans ahead of him: to help eliminate poverty through education, via US$100 laptops distributed to the world's poorest children.
Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan yesterday defended Australia's national telecommunications regulatory regime.
High-speed mobile broadband has arrived! We compare Telstra's BigPond Wireless Next G service with Vodafone's HSDPA-enhanced 3G network.
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.
Stolen or lost mobile phones will be blocked across all GSM networks in Australia from September 15.
Optus and Vodafone have signed an agreement allowing their customers to send multimedia messages between the two networks from next week.
Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale will conduct a network partnering trial which will see the two telcos share mobile base stations in central regional Victoria.
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