items tagged with Mobile services
Optus brings 3G competition to Darwin
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-07-08 17:56:51
Darwin residents will get their first taste of the aggressive competition in 3G mobile services that residents of other capital cities have long enjoyed: Optus has initiated coverage and opened a new retail outlet in the city.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-07-08 17:56:51
Darwin residents will get their first taste of the aggressive competition in 3G mobile services that residents of other capital cities have long enjoyed: Optus has initiated coverage and opened a new retail outlet in the city.
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Granny dumps picture postcards and picks up photo messaging
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2008-07-08 15:51:49
Could this be the death of the holiday picture postcard? The latest study suggests that parents and grandparents are picking up the camera phone and putting down the pen. At least when the weather is warm...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2008-07-08 15:51:49
Could this be the death of the holiday picture postcard? The latest study suggests that parents and grandparents are picking up the camera phone and putting down the pen. At least when the weather is warm...
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Aussie software drives Vodafone NZ 'home zone' mobile offering
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-07-04 00:03:57
Vodafone NZ mobiles can act like a fixed phone with a fixed number and fixed line rates when you use them at home, and the key technology behind the service comes from a small Australian company, Seeker Wireless.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-07-04 00:03:57
Vodafone NZ mobiles can act like a fixed phone with a fixed number and fixed line rates when you use them at home, and the key technology behind the service comes from a small Australian company, Seeker Wireless.
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Whereis Everyone: Telstra’s DIY “big brother”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-02 00:46:57
Want to know where your Telstra phone-owning family and friends are? A new service called Whereis Everyone lets you track them if they’ve given permission for tracking to occur, but you can only use it if you’re on Telstra. How does it work, what does it cost, and what’s the alternative?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-02 00:46:57
Want to know where your Telstra phone-owning family and friends are? A new service called Whereis Everyone lets you track them if they’ve given permission for tracking to occur, but you can only use it if you’re on Telstra. How does it work, what does it cost, and what’s the alternative?
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iPhone-less 3 Australia lifts value of capped plans
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-06-30 16:29:57
Australian mobile operator 3, which has gained the dubious distinction of begging Apple for the iPhone (so far unsuccessfully) has turned up the heat on its competitors by significantly increasing the call minutes in its capped plans, claiming they now offer more national call minutes than any of its competitors' plans.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-06-30 16:29:57
Australian mobile operator 3, which has gained the dubious distinction of begging Apple for the iPhone (so far unsuccessfully) has turned up the heat on its competitors by significantly increasing the call minutes in its capped plans, claiming they now offer more national call minutes than any of its competitors' plans.
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Lost in Australia: 10,000 jobs thanks to mobile phone services
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Reports & Surveys
2008-06-29 22:47:55
Have I got your attention? Good. The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Assocation has just released a report on the economic significance and contribution of the mobile phone industry to the Australian economy, but that makes for a far less attention grabbing headline.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Reports & Surveys
2008-06-29 22:47:55
Have I got your attention? Good. The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Assocation has just released a report on the economic significance and contribution of the mobile phone industry to the Australian economy, but that makes for a far less attention grabbing headline.
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Microsoft plans to pick up Portuguese phone program provider
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2008-06-26 22:45:24
Microsoft plans to add a Portugal-based software company to its family, beefing up its mobile communications business.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2008-06-26 22:45:24
Microsoft plans to add a Portugal-based software company to its family, beefing up its mobile communications business.
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Telstra loses monopoly on Tassie government cellphones
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-06-24 05:33:16
The Tasmanian government has ended its five year relationship with Telstra as its sole provider of mobile phone services with the award of a three year contract to Optus, but says it expects Telstra to retain a substantial portion of the business because of its superior coverage.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-06-24 05:33:16
The Tasmanian government has ended its five year relationship with Telstra as its sole provider of mobile phone services with the award of a three year contract to Optus, but says it expects Telstra to retain a substantial portion of the business because of its superior coverage.
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Fly faster, fly cheaper - thanks to your cellphone
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-06-23 23:02:55
The global airline IT co-operative, SITA, claims that mobile phones could "be transformed into indispensable air travel tools within five years" saving the airline industry $US600m annually by reducing flight delays.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-06-23 23:02:55
The global airline IT co-operative, SITA, claims that mobile phones could "be transformed into indispensable air travel tools within five years" saving the airline industry $US600m annually by reducing flight delays.
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People Telecom to be multi cellular network MVNO
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-06-22 21:13:27
People Telecom, which as relied on reselling Optus for the mobile services component of its portfolio for the past six years, will switch to taking its Optus services through Optus wholesaler, M2 Telecommunications in preparation for offering services from other carriers.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-06-22 21:13:27
People Telecom, which as relied on reselling Optus for the mobile services component of its portfolio for the past six years, will switch to taking its Optus services through Optus wholesaler, M2 Telecommunications in preparation for offering services from other carriers.
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Australia to become most competitive iPhone 3G market with Telstra joining race?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-19 06:03:57
A newspaper report has suggested Telstra will definitely sell the iPhone come July 22, 11 days after Apple, Vodafone and Optus start retail sales. Although the report only quotes “sources” with an official Telstra spokesperson saying that “nothing’s changed”, the cat seems to be well and truly out of the bag – and it’s holding a Telstra 3G iPhone!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-19 06:03:57
A newspaper report has suggested Telstra will definitely sell the iPhone come July 22, 11 days after Apple, Vodafone and Optus start retail sales. Although the report only quotes “sources” with an official Telstra spokesperson saying that “nothing’s changed”, the cat seems to be well and truly out of the bag – and it’s holding a Telstra 3G iPhone!
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Mobile roaming charges to face parliamentary scrutiny
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-06-19 02:45:03
The price of international mobile roaming charges will be the subject of an Australian parliamentary enquiry to determine if they are fair.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-06-19 02:45:03
The price of international mobile roaming charges will be the subject of an Australian parliamentary enquiry to determine if they are fair.
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Aussie mobile penetration to reach 122% by 2012
Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-05-25 20:37:11
Australia’s love affair with mobile phones will push penetration to an ear-numbing 122 per cent within four years, according to the latest forecast from research company Ovum.
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Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-05-25 20:37:11
Australia’s love affair with mobile phones will push penetration to an ear-numbing 122 per cent within four years, according to the latest forecast from research company Ovum.
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Spb mobile shell puts Windows Mobile interface to shame
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-23 00:53:54
Based on the high popular Spb “Mobile Shell”, Spb Software House has showcased a new “Online Shell” at Australia’s CeBIT tech conference. It brings a range of online multimedia entertainment and information services using the Mobile Shell interface, which itself brought a very iPhone-esque experience to drab Windows Mobile devices.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-23 00:53:54
Based on the high popular Spb “Mobile Shell”, Spb Software House has showcased a new “Online Shell” at Australia’s CeBIT tech conference. It brings a range of online multimedia entertainment and information services using the Mobile Shell interface, which itself brought a very iPhone-esque experience to drab Windows Mobile devices.
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News flash! A laptop is not a mobile phone
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-22 05:08:57
This may come as a shock to Australia's dominant telco Telstra or any other carrier that tries to sell a laptop the same way they sell mobile phones. It can't be done and there's any number of reasons why.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-22 05:08:57
This may come as a shock to Australia's dominant telco Telstra or any other carrier that tries to sell a laptop the same way they sell mobile phones. It can't be done and there's any number of reasons why.
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Consumers clamour for more choice in mobile services
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2008-05-22 01:54:46
I know my mobile phone usage is far from typical. If the supermarket is out of our usual brand of butter, I don't ring home and discuss it, I just pick from what's there. But it is reassuring to learn that I am in at least one respect part of the majority according to a new survey.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2008-05-22 01:54:46
I know my mobile phone usage is far from typical. If the supermarket is out of our usual brand of butter, I don't ring home and discuss it, I just pick from what's there. But it is reassuring to learn that I am in at least one respect part of the majority according to a new survey.
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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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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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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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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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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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Big business puts mobile operators on notice over costs & service
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-05-11 22:41:45
Mobile data services are high priority for IT managers in global 1000 companies, but they are less than happy with roaming charges and with the level of support they get from mobile operators.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-05-11 22:41:45
Mobile data services are high priority for IT managers in global 1000 companies, but they are less than happy with roaming charges and with the level of support they get from mobile operators.
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