items tagged with Mobile roaming
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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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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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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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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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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Skype’s “Nomad” to go around the world in 33 days without stopping
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-05 04:54:51
No, Skype haven’t invented the world’s first “perpetual motion” machine, but instead have recruited an Australian travel writer to traverse the world through 15 countries without stopping – even when sleeping! The aim? To show Skype can be used anywhere and on the move. Will they succeed?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-05 04:54:51
No, Skype haven’t invented the world’s first “perpetual motion” machine, but instead have recruited an Australian travel writer to traverse the world through 15 countries without stopping – even when sleeping! The aim? To show Skype can be used anywhere and on the move. Will they succeed?
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A Canadian iPhone, eh? It’s aboot time!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-04-29 11:25:59
Canada will officially get the iPhone, ‘later this year’, according to the CEO of Rogers Communications, Canada’s dominant telco – surely it’ll be the 3G iPhone?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-04-29 11:25:59
Canada will officially get the iPhone, ‘later this year’, according to the CEO of Rogers Communications, Canada’s dominant telco – surely it’ll be the 3G iPhone?
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CDMA network gets cu... beep beep beep
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 08:23:46
Cut. Chopped. Closed. Finito. Over and out. Lights off. KO’d. Goodbye and good luck, oh CDMA network, may you forever rest in peace, as your equipment is taken away in pieces.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 08:23:46
Cut. Chopped. Closed. Finito. Over and out. Lights off. KO’d. Goodbye and good luck, oh CDMA network, may you forever rest in peace, as your equipment is taken away in pieces.
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CDMA network gets the chop – at midnight
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 17:47:11
Hear ye, hear ye: all those with a CDMA mobile still connected, make your last calls, your last calls. Today’s the day, tonight’s the night, the CDMA network will switch out its light.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 17:47:11
Hear ye, hear ye: all those with a CDMA mobile still connected, make your last calls, your last calls. Today’s the day, tonight’s the night, the CDMA network will switch out its light.
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US WiMAX spectrum - up for sale!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 08:55:50
Roll up, roll up - who wants to buy US WiMAX spectrum? The spectrum: billions of dollars. The equipment you'll need to sell to consumers to access that spectrum: billions more. The look on Spectrum Wireless executives faces when they sell that spectrum? Priceless.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 08:55:50
Roll up, roll up - who wants to buy US WiMAX spectrum? The spectrum: billions of dollars. The equipment you'll need to sell to consumers to access that spectrum: billions more. The look on Spectrum Wireless executives faces when they sell that spectrum? Priceless.
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Liberal Party Senator blames Labor Gov’t for losing Telstra CDMA leverage
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 07:27:50
How quickly will Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, act to fix remaining CDMA blackspots now that CDMA network has been given the green light to shut down on Monday April 28? A Liberal Party Senator says the Federal Labor Government has lost its powerful leverage – but is this true?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 07:27:50
How quickly will Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, act to fix remaining CDMA blackspots now that CDMA network has been given the green light to shut down on Monday April 28? A Liberal Party Senator says the Federal Labor Government has lost its powerful leverage – but is this true?
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Anger remains over Telstra’s impending CDMA closure
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-26 04:41:11
Monday the 28th of April is D-Day for the CDMA network, and while there’s no stopping the closure now, last minute frustrations are being shared with media outlets across Australia. Whether CDMA users like it or not, they’ve got no choice but to switch to Next G – or give up on mobile telephony.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-26 04:41:11
Monday the 28th of April is D-Day for the CDMA network, and while there’s no stopping the closure now, last minute frustrations are being shared with media outlets across Australia. Whether CDMA users like it or not, they’ve got no choice but to switch to Next G – or give up on mobile telephony.
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Telstra pleads with CDMA customers to ‘migrate this weekend’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-24 01:14:41
Telstra has advised its shops and dealers across Australia to prepare “for a last minute rush this weekend” in anticipation of CDMA customers grabbing their “last chance” to move off the old CDMA network.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-24 01:14:41
Telstra has advised its shops and dealers across Australia to prepare “for a last minute rush this weekend” in anticipation of CDMA customers grabbing their “last chance” to move off the old CDMA network.
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CDMA/Next G coverage complaints to spike on Tuesday 29th April?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 22:55:37
With the Australian CDMA network due to close by midnight on Monday the 28th of April, concerns still swirl that the Next G network isn’t providing adequate coverage for soon to be ex-CDMA customers. What should affected users urgently do?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 22:55:37
With the Australian CDMA network due to close by midnight on Monday the 28th of April, concerns still swirl that the Next G network isn’t providing adequate coverage for soon to be ex-CDMA customers. What should affected users urgently do?
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CDMA hang up looms: Telstra advertising blitz starts Thursday
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 01:13:07
It’s ‘last call’ for the CDMA network, and Telstra wants to make sure no-one can claim they didn’t hear that CDMA will close shortly. Besides many calls, text messages and letters already sent to CDMA customers, a national newspaper advertising blitz will start tomorrow.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 01:13:07
It’s ‘last call’ for the CDMA network, and Telstra wants to make sure no-one can claim they didn’t hear that CDMA will close shortly. Besides many calls, text messages and letters already sent to CDMA customers, a national newspaper advertising blitz will start tomorrow.
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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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The rise and rise of mobile data usage
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-17 20:50:21
A new study by m.Net corporation and the University of Adelaide shows that mobile data services (MDS) on mobile phones – purchasing, communications, information and entertainment – are finally reaching “critical mass”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-17 20:50:21
A new study by m.Net corporation and the University of Adelaide shows that mobile data services (MDS) on mobile phones – purchasing, communications, information and entertainment – are finally reaching “critical mass”.
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Vodafone cuts international data roaming charges
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-04-17 19:52:39
Vodafone Australia today launched two international data roaming plans that it says will reduce "dramatically" the price of mobile Internet access for Australian customers travelling to 38 countries.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-04-17 19:52:39
Vodafone Australia today launched two international data roaming plans that it says will reduce "dramatically" the price of mobile Internet access for Australian customers travelling to 38 countries.
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Nokia Siemens ‘Dual Carrier EDGE’ – useless for today’s iPhone owners?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-03-29 06:58:05
A software upgrade to 2.5G EDGE networks promises download data speeds of ‘up to’ 592Kbps, rivalling 3G networks, but will today’s iPhones, Blackberries, Nokias and other EDGE phones be able to access it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2008-03-29 06:58:05
A software upgrade to 2.5G EDGE networks promises download data speeds of ‘up to’ 592Kbps, rivalling 3G networks, but will today’s iPhones, Blackberries, Nokias and other EDGE phones be able to access it?
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When in roam...charge fair prices says ATUG
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-11 21:57:04
The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (Atug) has announced the key issue on which it intends to focus in 2008: "the exorbitant prices consumers and businesses face for using mobile voice and internet services while overseas."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-03-11 21:57:04
The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (Atug) has announced the key issue on which it intends to focus in 2008: "the exorbitant prices consumers and businesses face for using mobile voice and internet services while overseas."
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