items tagged with Optus
Telstra network information "useless" says G9
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-05-13 01:02:57
The Optus-led consortium that is expected to bid for the Australian Government's national broadband network has dismissed the network information provided by Telstra as next to useless.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-05-13 01:02:57
The Optus-led consortium that is expected to bid for the Australian Government's national broadband network has dismissed the network information provided by Telstra as next to useless.
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Telstra hands over network info for broadband network RFP
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-12 21:37:22
Telstra has provided to the government network information crucial to any other potential bidders for the $4.7b of government funding for a national broadband network, but there are few not-insignificant hurdles to be surmounted before they can get their hands on it.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-12 21:37:22
Telstra has provided to the government network information crucial to any other potential bidders for the $4.7b of government funding for a national broadband network, but there are few not-insignificant hurdles to be surmounted before they can get their hands on it.
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iPhone times two in Australia and India - where next?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-12 06:18:27
Australia and India will now get the iPhone from SingTel and Vodafone, just like Italy is getting the iPhone from Vodafone and Telecom Italia, showing a serious break from Apple’s previous stance of only one telco per country. Is Steve Jobs finally listening to his customers?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-12 06:18:27
Australia and India will now get the iPhone from SingTel and Vodafone, just like Italy is getting the iPhone from Vodafone and Telecom Italia, showing a serious break from Apple’s previous stance of only one telco per country. Is Steve Jobs finally listening to his customers?
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Optus announces Australian iPhone
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2008-05-12 00:20:52
Optus has joined Vodafone in announcing an Australian iPhone "later this year".
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2008-05-12 00:20:52
Optus has joined Vodafone in announcing an Australian iPhone "later this year".
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Optus spends up big to challenge Next G
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-05-06 19:12:32
Optus is to spend $315 million to expand its 3G/HSPA mobile coverage to 98 percent of the population: a figure which should give it a very close match to Telstra's Next G network.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-05-06 19:12:32
Optus is to spend $315 million to expand its 3G/HSPA mobile coverage to 98 percent of the population: a figure which should give it a very close match to Telstra's Next G network.
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iPhone Vodafone announcement has broken Apple's exclusive carrier model
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-06 07:13:15
Everyone gather round, do a square dance and jiggle your hands in the air with joy. Apple's ridiculous exclusive carrier arrangement for iPhone is now history. How do I know this? Well Apple has just signed an iPhone deal with Vodafone.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-06 07:13:15
Everyone gather round, do a square dance and jiggle your hands in the air with joy. Apple's ridiculous exclusive carrier arrangement for iPhone is now history. How do I know this? Well Apple has just signed an iPhone deal with Vodafone.
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Vodafone gets Aussie iPhone – but who else will?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-06 01:47:25
Curiouser and curiouser – the one company nobody really expected to get the iPhone, in Australia at least, has officially announced it will soon offer it for sale. But this doesn’t mean that initial rumours that all Australian carriers would be able to sell the iPhone aren’t true – until we get further confirmation.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-06 01:47:25
Curiouser and curiouser – the one company nobody really expected to get the iPhone, in Australia at least, has officially announced it will soon offer it for sale. But this doesn’t mean that initial rumours that all Australian carriers would be able to sell the iPhone aren’t true – until we get further confirmation.
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iSpy with my little i, something beginning with “3G iPhone”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-02 08:31:13
So, CNET.com.au says an anonymous industry insider has confirmed Optus will be one of the carriers in Australia to get the iPhone, while not being an exclusive deal. Surely it’s a 3G iPhone, and if Telstra doesn’t also get it, you can bet they’d be mighty unhappy.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-02 08:31:13
So, CNET.com.au says an anonymous industry insider has confirmed Optus will be one of the carriers in Australia to get the iPhone, while not being an exclusive deal. Surely it’s a 3G iPhone, and if Telstra doesn’t also get it, you can bet they’d be mighty unhappy.
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iPhone heading for multiple Australian carriers?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-01 02:39:14
All sorts of rumours and reports based on 'insider' information have been floating around about the arrival of the iPhone in Australia. The latest tips a non-exclusive arrangement with Optus.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-01 02:39:14
All sorts of rumours and reports based on 'insider' information have been floating around about the arrival of the iPhone in Australia. The latest tips a non-exclusive arrangement with Optus.
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Telstra engineers gear up for CDMA close down
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-22 08:03:41
As the clock ticks ever closer to CDMA’s April 28th close down date, Telstra’s engineers stand ready and poised to co-ordinate a carefully planned, multi-stage process that will see CDMA bite the dust across our great Southern land.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-22 08:03:41
As the clock ticks ever closer to CDMA’s April 28th close down date, Telstra’s engineers stand ready and poised to co-ordinate a carefully planned, multi-stage process that will see CDMA bite the dust across our great Southern land.
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Australia to get world’s first truly unlocked 3G iPhone?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-04-09 06:17:06
A totally unverified news report from MacTalk Forums in Australia has leaked the stunning news that Apple will sell an unlocked 3G iPhone, which will work on any Australian carrier, from the last week of June, 2008.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-04-09 06:17:06
A totally unverified news report from MacTalk Forums in Australia has leaked the stunning news that Apple will sell an unlocked 3G iPhone, which will work on any Australian carrier, from the last week of June, 2008.
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The non-sniffable OPEL smell of WiMAX
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-07 20:51:26
As we all know, the Optus and Elders joint-venture called OPEL was felled by the Federal Government, not only seeking to save almost $1b but promote its own fibre network at the expense of next-gen WiMAX. What a shame.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-07 20:51:26
As we all know, the Optus and Elders joint-venture called OPEL was felled by the Federal Government, not only seeking to save almost $1b but promote its own fibre network at the expense of next-gen WiMAX. What a shame.
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Long Term Evolution not so far away
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-04-03 21:56:58
In less than two years the next phase of 3G cellular technology should be commercially available and its backers say it will be cost and performance competitive with ADSL. This raises some rather interesting issues for rural Australia.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-04-03 21:56:58
In less than two years the next phase of 3G cellular technology should be commercially available and its backers say it will be cost and performance competitive with ADSL. This raises some rather interesting issues for rural Australia.
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Government claims 38 percent shortfall in Opel wireless coverage
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-04-02 01:27:00
The Federal Government has found a loophole that has enabled it to extricate itself from the much maligned deal under which the previous Coalition Government commited almost $1 billion to the Optus - Elders joint venture in return for the provision of broadband services to huge areas of regional and rural Australia, but the means by which it has done this seem highly questionable.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-04-02 01:27:00
The Federal Government has found a loophole that has enabled it to extricate itself from the much maligned deal under which the previous Coalition Government commited almost $1 billion to the Optus - Elders joint venture in return for the provision of broadband services to huge areas of regional and rural Australia, but the means by which it has done this seem highly questionable.
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Australian Government kills Opel broadband venture
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-04-01 17:26:37
The Federal Government has told the Opel Optus/elders JV that was granted almost $1b of federal funding to roll out regional broadband services that it has not met requirements, and the contract has been terminated.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-04-01 17:26:37
The Federal Government has told the Opel Optus/elders JV that was granted almost $1b of federal funding to roll out regional broadband services that it has not met requirements, and the contract has been terminated.
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Optus to add Google Search and mobile YouTube access
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-03-18 00:28:28
Optus has expanded its relationship with Google and will make Google the default search engine for its fixed line Internet portal, MYZoo, while Optus mobile customers will get access to YouTube videos.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-03-18 00:28:28
Optus has expanded its relationship with Google and will make Google the default search engine for its fixed line Internet portal, MYZoo, while Optus mobile customers will get access to YouTube videos.
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Internode goes for the mother lode: Naked ADSL2+
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-12 07:23:42
Internode now supplies Naked ADSL2+ bundled with a VoIP service to 350 phone exchanges in Australia thanks to an agreement with Optus Wholesale. Also promised is ‘long range’ ADSL to directly compete with 3.5G wireless networks for rural and regional customers within Internode’s reach.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-12 07:23:42
Internode now supplies Naked ADSL2+ bundled with a VoIP service to 350 phone exchanges in Australia thanks to an agreement with Optus Wholesale. Also promised is ‘long range’ ADSL to directly compete with 3.5G wireless networks for rural and regional customers within Internode’s reach.
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Vodafone cosies up to Crazy John’s and chooses Ericsson for HSPA
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-03-10 08:38:06
As Vodafone builds its HSPA network with Ericsson equipment, an agreement with mobile phone retailer Crazy John’s ensures an even bigger national distribution network to capitalise on a 3.5G network that aims to compete strongly against Telstra’s Next G.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-03-10 08:38:06
As Vodafone builds its HSPA network with Ericsson equipment, an agreement with mobile phone retailer Crazy John’s ensures an even bigger national distribution network to capitalise on a 3.5G network that aims to compete strongly against Telstra’s Next G.
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