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3G iPhone: tri-band HSDPA 850/1900/2100MHz leak news!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-06-06 23:04:57
Engadget has had details from the 3G iPhone firmware leaked which seem to confirm a tri-band HSDPA chips are within for 850, 1900 and 2100MHz. It’s great news for AT&T, Rogers and Telstra, but not so good news for Vodafone, Optus and other 900MHz HSDPA carriers?


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Telstra fumes at 15% hike on cost of FTTN broadband claim
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-06-05 07:25:00
The T4: Tell the Truth Telstra website, has published a report from the Centre for International Economics (CIE) claiming Telstra would charge 15% more for broadband services if it wins the FTTN network. Telstra has slammed the report as “bogus” – who’s right?


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IPTV a 'defensive necessity' for carriers?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-06-02 03:12:04
IPTV (Internet Protocol television) may have little short-term profit potential, but incumbent network operators may be forced into offering it in order to defend their turf from competitors.


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OMG! Latest 3G iPhone pic + specs + prices! Go Crazy!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-06-02 00:41:33
Oh my God. There are 8 days to go before the 3G iPhone debuts. We might just get a new real/fake 3G iPhone pic every single day until then. Here’s today’s – along with the latest price and feature rumour, plus the chance of a $200 ‘low-end’ iPhone?!


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3 Mobile gets iPhone; warning to Optus and Vodafone staff
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-06-01 20:37:17
3 Mobile gets the iPhone at last – but only for Hong Kong and Macau. Meanwhile the firing of iPhone sales staff at UK reseller O2 sends a clear warning to Optus and Vodafone sales staff in Australia to avoid the same fate.


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Asia Pacific carriers still “in the money” but danger lurks ahead
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2008-05-30 21:41:15
Carriers in the Asia Pacific region still make more money than their counterparts in the US and Europe, but they need to watch out! Why? The gap is getting smaller, and competition tougher!


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iPhone invasion builds as Scandinavia, Eastern Europe fall
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-05-27 16:43:56
The list of countries that will be getting the iPhone "later this year" has grown again. The increasingly popular Apple handset will soon be available in Nordic and Baltic nations.


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Gizmodo confirms 3G iPhone launch date?!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-05-26 06:32:23
Gizmodo US says a source ‘very, very close to’ Apple confirms what we’re all already expecting. What’s that? The 3G iPhone, available to buy, worldwide, bang on June 9 – right after the launch.


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For 5 hours ‘NT’ meant ‘no telephone’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-05-25 02:13:16
Australia’s Northern Territory suffered its first major mobile phone outage, after a fibre optic cable was mysteriously cut in Alice Springs. The unprecedented outage affecting tens of thousands of Telstra mobile customers for 5 hours on Saturday, 24th May 2008.


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3 doesn’t ditch dongle, just releases new one
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-24 22:10:08
Don’t want the ‘soap-on-a-rope’ 3.5G mobile broadband USB modem dongle dangling from the back of your laptop or desktop PC? Three releases a new one that looks like a USB memory stick – but if it doesn’t fit properly you might need a short USB extension cable anyway. So much for wire free!


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A $0 laptop is not free and never will be!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-24 03:40:16
Telstra’s $0 upfront laptop has generated much debate over whether the deal is a good one or not, but anything that locks you into a multi-year contract with technology that gets rapidly out of date is usually best avoided.


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Auditor General says Conroy breached broadband tender requirements: opposition
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-23 04:41:45
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.


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The slow road to faster Australian broadband
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-22 09:08:10
Although faster fibre broadband in Australia will still take years to build, the process has been delayed by another 12 weeks to give potential bidders more time to examine network information before lodging their proposals.


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Vodafone iPhone pre-registration... what happened?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-05-20 00:13:24
With all the news that iPhone deals are happening with telcos around the world, including Vodafone and Optus in Australia, an eagle eyed reader noticed that an iPhone pre-registration box on Vodafone Australia’s home page came – and went. Has Vodafone lost access to the world’s most desirable digital device, the (presumed 3G) iPhone?


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Sprint WiMAX set to blast off in two US cities by end 2008
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-18 10:13:40
US telco Sprint is finally moving ahead with its WiMAX plans and will have a WiMAX 4G network installed in Baltimore and Washington DC by the end of 2008, after a year of endless testing - but two cities is far from complete US coverage.


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Quad-band 3G iPhone to ‘qonquer’ the world?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-05-16 03:19:51
In my previous 3G iPhone article, noting that Optus and Vodafone had officially announced they were both independently bringing the iPhone to Australia, I looked at three 3.5G frequencies, but forgot a fourth which any iPhone should also support. In addition, Vodafone answered some of my 3.5G frequency questions...


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Yellow Pages fights Google with mobile search, gives iPhone app update
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-05-16 01:58:09
With Google reporting higher mobile usage than ever, especially through the iPhone, pre-Google information services are striking back with their own mobile search apps. In Australia, the local version of the “Yellow Pages” is reporting surging levels of people accessing the service through mobile phones, across all carriers, in line with growing search demand - while Sensis also gives us an update on progress with its iPhone search application.


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HSPA heaven and GPS goodness from Ericsson and Dell
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-15 19:27:20
The trend towards building HSPA modems directly into laptops goes into overdrive as Ericsson launches a new HSPA and GPS equipped notebook module, with Dell the latest major international customer, after Lenovo earlier this year. Who needs dongles and cards, when built-in is better?


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Behold, the BlackBerry Bold
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-15 04:21:12
The BlackBerry Bold, along with a US $150m software development fund (trumping the iPhone software fund by US $50m), is RIM’s attempt to deflect some attention away from the upcoming 3G iPhone by focusing squarely back on BlackBerry’s enterprise strengths, while highlighting RIM’s ability to create snazzy looking devices of their own.


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3G iPhone to be a tasty triple-band treat?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-05-14 20:33:37
With confirmed iPhone resellers AT&T and Rogers using 850MHz 3G networks, just like unconfirmed Australian iPhone reseller Telstra, and with SingTel (Optus) and Vodafone using 900MHz and 2100MHz 3.5G networks in Australia, will the 3G iPhone support the 2100MHz, 850MHz and 900MHz networks in a tasty global 3.5G triple-band treat?


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