The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
“The goal of the History of the Australian Web Project is
to provide a similar chronicle of Australia’s Internet and for it to
become a captivating resource for students, industry commentators and
others locally and around the world.”
• Australian Internet usage grew faster than penetration:
Australia’s active Internet audience grew 60% (from 7.2m people to
11.7m) but in the same period our (Australian) use of the internet more
than doubled. In terms of page views per person, usage grew 120% (595
to 1307) and time spent per person grew 126% (9.25 hours per month to
21 hours per month).
• Australians become social – Social networking sites like
Faceook.com and the youth-oriented social networking website Bebo.com have had a dramatic increase in both number of users and use
over the past three years. Bebo has shown the fastest growth in
terms of amount of time spent on the site. Since its appearance on the
Australian Charts in 2005, Bebo.com has grown to attract more than 1.1
million Australians on a monthly basis and the site holds their
attention for two hours on average each month.
• Australians love to search: In the last five years, use of search
engine portals, notably Google and Microsoft’s Live.com (now Bing.com)
has grown dramatically.
• Online retail is taking off – in 2008, online retail emerged as
one of the highest growth sectors in Australia’s Internet.
Australians' use of online retail aggregators, comparison shopping and
auction sites were among those with the highest growth in terms of time
spent on website properties in 2008.
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