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Telstra takes aim at Google with enhanced BigPond mobile search
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Google has made massive strides in working to dominate search from mobile phones as much as it does search from desktop computers, but they’re not the only ones. In Australia, Telstra’s assets BigPond, Sensis, Yellow Pages and other sites it owns are being promoted to users as a “convenient” way to find what you’re looking for from your mobile phone – but will Google still win anyway?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Google has made massive strides in working to dominate search from mobile phones as much as it does search from desktop computers, but they’re not the only ones. In Australia, Telstra’s assets BigPond, Sensis, Yellow Pages and other sites it owns are being promoted to users as a “convenient” way to find what you’re looking for from your mobile phone – but will Google still win anyway?
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Sol says Telstra “bigger than Apple” as T[Life] store opens without iPhone
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
As expected, Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo opened the flagship Melbourne T[Life] Telstra store in Melbourne’s CDB today, briefly showing off the HTC Touch Diamond during his speech. While he answered a question he’d received earlier in the morning about whether Telstra is in a war with Apple or not, on the topic of the iPhone, the head speaker of the nation’s biggest communications company was... silent. Although he did say “we’re bigger than Apple”. Read on.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
As expected, Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo opened the flagship Melbourne T[Life] Telstra store in Melbourne’s CDB today, briefly showing off the HTC Touch Diamond during his speech. While he answered a question he’d received earlier in the morning about whether Telstra is in a war with Apple or not, on the topic of the iPhone, the head speaker of the nation’s biggest communications company was... silent. Although he did say “we’re bigger than Apple”. Read on.
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Telstra Melbourne T-Life store opens tomorrow – with Telstra iPhone announcement?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra’s “Apple Store” clone, the “T[Life]” store, will open its second Australian store in Melbourne on June 26, with wide open spaces, technology on display for consumers to test and trial, a “classroom” area to teach consumers how to use technology Telstra sells and more. But the big question is: will Sol Trujillo also unveil that Telstra will also sell the iPhone in Australia?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra’s “Apple Store” clone, the “T[Life]” store, will open its second Australian store in Melbourne on June 26, with wide open spaces, technology on display for consumers to test and trial, a “classroom” area to teach consumers how to use technology Telstra sells and more. But the big question is: will Sol Trujillo also unveil that Telstra will also sell the iPhone in Australia?
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EzyDVD hopes EzyDownload will lead to Ezy success
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With the future of DVD clearly headed for the downloaded dustbin of history, the EzyDVD online DVD store clearly hopes moving into movie downloads will secure its long term profitability. Is success assured or is the download business not that “Ezy” after all?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With the future of DVD clearly headed for the downloaded dustbin of history, the EzyDVD online DVD store clearly hopes moving into movie downloads will secure its long term profitability. Is success assured or is the download business not that “Ezy” after all?
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Telstra offers prepaid recharge from handsets
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra is offering its prepaid 3G mobile customers the ability to top up their credit from their handset via the BigPond Mobile web portal.
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra is offering its prepaid 3G mobile customers the ability to top up their credit from their handset via the BigPond Mobile web portal.
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Internet TV – the (legal?) show everyone’s watching
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?
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BigPond launches Australia movie trailer first – but movies when?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
“Australia”, the upcoming blockbuster-to-be from director Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, is having its trailer released on the Internet first by Australia’s largest ISP, BigPond – but when will the same happen for movies themselves?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
“Australia”, the upcoming blockbuster-to-be from director Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, is having its trailer released on the Internet first by Australia’s largest ISP, BigPond – but when will the same happen for movies themselves?
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Telstra massively upgrades US-Australia undersea cable link
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra has worked with Alcatel-Lucent to lay a 9,000 kilometre submarine cable between Hawaii and Australia, giving up to 1.28 Terabits per second of connectivity between the two countries.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra has worked with Alcatel-Lucent to lay a 9,000 kilometre submarine cable between Hawaii and Australia, giving up to 1.28 Terabits per second of connectivity between the two countries.
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Survey confirms broadband users aren’t stupid
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.
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Internode and co. want ACCC to force Telstra to wholesale ADSL2+
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The predicted action by Telstra’s competitors seeking wholesale access to their ADSL2+ infrastructure has begun in earnest, with Internode and nine other ISPs filling a nine page letter with Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The predicted action by Telstra’s competitors seeking wholesale access to their ADSL2+ infrastructure has begun in earnest, with Internode and nine other ISPs filling a nine page letter with Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission.
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Revenge of the Sol: Telstra empire strikes back
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra’s striking success in growing profit, raising ‘ARPU’ numbers, gaining more mobile customers and low churn in ‘key product areas’ has caught the attention of international analysts and no doubt competitors across the globe wishing to emulate Telstra’s success.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra’s striking success in growing profit, raising ‘ARPU’ numbers, gaining more mobile customers and low churn in ‘key product areas’ has caught the attention of international analysts and no doubt competitors across the globe wishing to emulate Telstra’s success.
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BigPond Sports Weekend - a big challenge to regular sports broadcasters?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra BigPond’s continuing forays into the world of broadcast television have just become even bolder with the launch of the “BigPond Sports Weekend”, further cementing the Internet and mobile phones as strong content alternatives to free-to-air and pay TV.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra BigPond’s continuing forays into the world of broadcast television have just become even bolder with the launch of the “BigPond Sports Weekend”, further cementing the Internet and mobile phones as strong content alternatives to free-to-air and pay TV.
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BigPond launches ‘state-of-the-art’ website for historic Everest bid
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Every now and then there’s some good Telstra news that doesn’t involve ADSL2+, the ACCC or fibre networks, with BigPond launching a site for anyone to follow the bid by the first-ever mother and daughter team to conquer Mount Everest.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Every now and then there’s some good Telstra news that doesn’t involve ADSL2+, the ACCC or fibre networks, with BigPond launching a site for anyone to follow the bid by the first-ever mother and daughter team to conquer Mount Everest.
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BigPond now an online retailer
By: Stuart Corner
BigPond is now offering a wide range of consumer goods for sale online, in partnership with online retailer ShoppersAdvantage.
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By: Stuart Corner
BigPond is now offering a wide range of consumer goods for sale online, in partnership with online retailer ShoppersAdvantage.
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CDMA closure report in Aust Govt hands at last – now what?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A report on the state of Australia’s regional telecommunications has finally arrived in Federal Government hands to help it decide by January 21 whether or not it will authorise closure of the CDMA network as Telstra has planned.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A report on the state of Australia’s regional telecommunications has finally arrived in Federal Government hands to help it decide by January 21 whether or not it will authorise closure of the CDMA network as Telstra has planned.
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BigPond blasted: can 14,000 net users be wrong?
By: Stuart Corner
PC Authority magazine has published results of the largest ever survey of Australian consumer IT buyers and the consensus of the 14,000 respondents is that Australia's largest ISP, Telstra BigPond, is a dog. Their views are at odds with reality: less than a month ago, Telstra was boasting BigPond's revival with market share climbing to close to 50 percent of total retail broadband customers.
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By: Stuart Corner
PC Authority magazine has published results of the largest ever survey of Australian consumer IT buyers and the consensus of the 14,000 respondents is that Australia's largest ISP, Telstra BigPond, is a dog. Their views are at odds with reality: less than a month ago, Telstra was boasting BigPond's revival with market share climbing to close to 50 percent of total retail broadband customers.
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Mirror, mirror...who's the fairest...? BigPond Office of course!
By: Stuart Corner
I got an email from an iTWire reader yesterday in high dudgeon with Telstra BigPond's decision to remove OpenOffice from its mirror site that hosts a large range of downloadable software.
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By: Stuart Corner
I got an email from an iTWire reader yesterday in high dudgeon with Telstra BigPond's decision to remove OpenOffice from its mirror site that hosts a large range of downloadable software.
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ThinkFree? Think again: it's now a BigPond exclusive
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra ISP BigPond is offering the ThinkFree range of online office applications rebranded 'BigPond Office' under an exclusive deal which means that if you are not a BigPond customer they are no long accessible from Australia or New Zealand.
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra ISP BigPond is offering the ThinkFree range of online office applications rebranded 'BigPond Office' under an exclusive deal which means that if you are not a BigPond customer they are no long accessible from Australia or New Zealand.
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