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Pownce pwned apart by Six Apart
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
One of Twitter’s main competitors, Pownce, started off with a lot of hype but inexorably lost out to Twitter’s charms. Now, it’s new owner Six Apart, will shut the service down, promising “great things” in the future and inviting Pownce users to try Six Apart’s Vox service instead.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
One of Twitter’s main competitors, Pownce, started off with a lot of hype but inexorably lost out to Twitter’s charms. Now, it’s new owner Six Apart, will shut the service down, promising “great things” in the future and inviting Pownce users to try Six Apart’s Vox service instead.
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Putting the NBN cart before the digital economy horse
By: Stuart Corner
With the RFPs for Australia's National Broadband Network now in, communications minister Stephen Conroy is talking about awarding contract(s) by the end of March, but the Australian Computer Society has re-iterated its warnings that figuring out what we are going to use the network for should be a national priority.
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By: Stuart Corner
With the RFPs for Australia's National Broadband Network now in, communications minister Stephen Conroy is talking about awarding contract(s) by the end of March, but the Australian Computer Society has re-iterated its warnings that figuring out what we are going to use the network for should be a national priority.
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Dear Mr McGauchie...Please explain
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra's chairman has sunk to a new low in its attempts to discredit rivals in the battle for the National Broadband Network, branding former Telstra executives heading rival bidder, Acacia, as having "not done the company any good at all and not done a lot of good for the customers."
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra's chairman has sunk to a new low in its attempts to discredit rivals in the battle for the National Broadband Network, branding former Telstra executives heading rival bidder, Acacia, as having "not done the company any good at all and not done a lot of good for the customers."
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Poll 'proves' the people favour Telstra for NBN
By: Stuart Corner
Just before the 26 November deadline for the National Broadband Network RFP Telstra appears to be trying to spook the government into backing down from its brinkmanship with the 'release' of market research purportedly showing that the voters are solidly behind the idea of Telstra building the NBN, but these research findings need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
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By: Stuart Corner
Just before the 26 November deadline for the National Broadband Network RFP Telstra appears to be trying to spook the government into backing down from its brinkmanship with the 'release' of market research purportedly showing that the voters are solidly behind the idea of Telstra building the NBN, but these research findings need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
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A tale of two campaigns: TIO's and Telstra's
By: Stuart Corner
By virtue of its size alone Telstra is the subject of more complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman than any other telco. So when the TIO, concerned by the rapidly escalating volume of complaints, launches a campaign and promises to work with the industry to get the numbers down, what does Telstra do? Issue a press release in support? No, it launches an advertising campaign that is almost inviting consumers to complain - about the mobile services of its competitors. Opportunism perhaps?
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By: Stuart Corner
By virtue of its size alone Telstra is the subject of more complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman than any other telco. So when the TIO, concerned by the rapidly escalating volume of complaints, launches a campaign and promises to work with the industry to get the numbers down, what does Telstra do? Issue a press release in support? No, it launches an advertising campaign that is almost inviting consumers to complain - about the mobile services of its competitors. Opportunism perhaps?
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Broadband number crunching
By: Stuart Corner
The pundits seem to be trying to outdo each other with forecasts for broadband uptake. One thinks the world has now passed the billion user milestone, and Ericsson reckons that in five years time 80 percent of all broadband connections will be mobile, which would be a serious problem for the builder of the National Broadband Network.
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By: Stuart Corner
The pundits seem to be trying to outdo each other with forecasts for broadband uptake. One thinks the world has now passed the billion user milestone, and Ericsson reckons that in five years time 80 percent of all broadband connections will be mobile, which would be a serious problem for the builder of the National Broadband Network.
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Telstra's other National Broadband Network?
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo was telling investors last week that high speed broadband is central to his strategy, while claiming there is every possibility that Telstra won't be part of the Government's planned National Broadband Network. Interesting!
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo was telling investors last week that high speed broadband is central to his strategy, while claiming there is every possibility that Telstra won't be part of the Government's planned National Broadband Network. Interesting!
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CEOs of Microsoft and Cisco drop in to back Telstra
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra this week announced alliances with both Microsoft and Cisco to deliver, amongst other things, unified communications services to enterprise customers.
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra this week announced alliances with both Microsoft and Cisco to deliver, amongst other things, unified communications services to enterprise customers.
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Coalition clueless on broadband
By: Stuart Corner
Shadow communications minister, Nick Minchin, has been damning in his criticism of the Rudd Government's broadband policy, but has failed to offer any alternative.
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By: Stuart Corner
Shadow communications minister, Nick Minchin, has been damning in his criticism of the Rudd Government's broadband policy, but has failed to offer any alternative.
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Ovum foreshadows era of cross-border telco consolidation
By: Stuart Corner
Suggesting that the model of the country-specific telco may be outdated, market research firm Ovum is urging telcos to exploit the global financial crisis by seeking opportunities outside their own borders. But this has been tried before - with limited success.
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By: Stuart Corner
Suggesting that the model of the country-specific telco may be outdated, market research firm Ovum is urging telcos to exploit the global financial crisis by seeking opportunities outside their own borders. But this has been tried before - with limited success.
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Microsoft slowly edges away from Vista
By: Davey Winder
The Microsoft Windows Vista Team Blog was the place to get the official inside word on everything to do with Vista, well everything Microsoft wanted you to know about at any rate. So why has it just been re-launched as The Windows Blog which reflects Windows in a broader sense?
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By: Davey Winder
The Microsoft Windows Vista Team Blog was the place to get the official inside word on everything to do with Vista, well everything Microsoft wanted you to know about at any rate. So why has it just been re-launched as The Windows Blog which reflects Windows in a broader sense?
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What happens when mobiles enter the YouTube era?
By: Stuart Corner
The rise of YouTube enabling anyone with a broadband connected and a video camera to create and share videos with the world has been astonishing. So imagine a world where millions of people with mobile phones can do exactly the same thing - live.
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By: Stuart Corner
The rise of YouTube enabling anyone with a broadband connected and a video camera to create and share videos with the world has been astonishing. So imagine a world where millions of people with mobile phones can do exactly the same thing - live.
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Hold the phone, I'm coming!
By: Stuart Corner
It seems that, for many Americans getting turned off by their mobile phone is preferable to turning off their mobile phone: according to a survey by Nokia, 24 percent of Americans "have allowed a call or email to interrupt them while in the throes of passion" because "most working Americans - 59 percent - never turn off their mobile device."
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By: Stuart Corner
It seems that, for many Americans getting turned off by their mobile phone is preferable to turning off their mobile phone: according to a survey by Nokia, 24 percent of Americans "have allowed a call or email to interrupt them while in the throes of passion" because "most working Americans - 59 percent - never turn off their mobile device."
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CEOs surveyed on broadband: want more but don't know what they've got.
By: Stuart Corner
The release of a survey of Australian CEOs that purports to measure industry demand for broadband has been hailed by the Government has vindication of its plans for a National Broadband Network, but a third of respondents had no idea of the speed of their current broadband service and none were asked to specify exactly what speed of service they were using.
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By: Stuart Corner
The release of a survey of Australian CEOs that purports to measure industry demand for broadband has been hailed by the Government has vindication of its plans for a National Broadband Network, but a third of respondents had no idea of the speed of their current broadband service and none were asked to specify exactly what speed of service they were using.
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Looking for upside as AAPT exits from National Broadband consortium
By: Stuart Corner
AAPT has dealt a serious blow to Terria's credibility and to its chances of winning the Australian Government's National Broadband Network contract, but maybe there is an upside.
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By: Stuart Corner
AAPT has dealt a serious blow to Terria's credibility and to its chances of winning the Australian Government's National Broadband Network contract, but maybe there is an upside.
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Forget the review says Telstra; we can handle rural comms
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra has slammed the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review committee's 385 page report and its 50 recommendations based on more than 20 public hearings, several stakeholder briefings and over 220 submissions, saying that the future of rural telecommunications is safe in Telstra's hands, unfettered by regulation and government intervention.
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra has slammed the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review committee's 385 page report and its 50 recommendations based on more than 20 public hearings, several stakeholder briefings and over 220 submissions, saying that the future of rural telecommunications is safe in Telstra's hands, unfettered by regulation and government intervention.
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Telstra delivers NBN ultimatum
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra has mounted what might be its strongest attack to date on any attempt by the government to deny it the right to build the national broadband network on its terms, claiming it will refuse any other builder access to the copper pairs connecting customers and that it will compete vigorously with a non-Telstra NBN using alternative infrastructure.
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra has mounted what might be its strongest attack to date on any attempt by the government to deny it the right to build the national broadband network on its terms, claiming it will refuse any other builder access to the copper pairs connecting customers and that it will compete vigorously with a non-Telstra NBN using alternative infrastructure.
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Is bundling the answer to Optus' 3G problems?
By: Stuart Corner
Optus' wireless broadband service has been in strife lately: first it canned Fusion its fixed wireless voice and data offering, then it jacked up the cost of its wireless broadband service. UK consultancy Analysys Mason has some suggestions.
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By: Stuart Corner
Optus' wireless broadband service has been in strife lately: first it canned Fusion its fixed wireless voice and data offering, then it jacked up the cost of its wireless broadband service. UK consultancy Analysys Mason has some suggestions.
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