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  • First upgrade on Southern Cross Cable complete

    The first stage of an upgrade of the submarine Southern Cross Cable linking New Zealand and Australia to the United States has added 260Gbps.

  • US FCC chief outlines new internet rules

    The head of the US Federal Communications Commission proposed new rules on Monday that would require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally.

  • US telcos brace for Gustav

    With Hurricane Gustav headed straight toward New Orleans, emergency officials and telecommunication companies are preparing for the worst.

  • Democratic convention gets wired

    It will take more than a whoppingly huge stadium to host tens of thousands of party insiders, journalists, and bloggers who began arriving in Denver this weekend for the US Democratic convention.

  • US Senate votes to allow phone company spying

    In a setback for privacy and civil liberties groups, the US Senate on Tuesday voted to protect telephone and Internet companies from lawsuits alleging illegal cooperation with US government spy agencies.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    700MHz auction: The death knell for Aussie 4G?

    The world of speculative telecommunications investments has quieted down considerably since the beginning of the decade, when hype-fuelled carriers plunked down billions to reserve the right to carry mobile phone calls, video calls, and massive volumes of spam at high speed using then-fanciful 3G mobile technology.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

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