items tagged with Wireless broadband
Qantas in-flight email and SMS at sky high prices?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-25 05:51:44
Qantas has announced that it’s finally delivering SMS and email services to passengers on selected domestic Australian flights by the end of 2008. Alarmingly they have issued no prices (suggesting it will be expensive), while US airlines will introduce in-flight broadband this year – on the cheap!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-25 05:51:44
Qantas has announced that it’s finally delivering SMS and email services to passengers on selected domestic Australian flights by the end of 2008. Alarmingly they have issued no prices (suggesting it will be expensive), while US airlines will introduce in-flight broadband this year – on the cheap!
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WiMAX trashed – and praised – in Australian trials
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-03-24 09:55:14
Two WiMAX operators in Australia are telling very different stories of their experiences at a WiMAX conference underway in Bangkok, according to an online report.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2008-03-24 09:55:14
Two WiMAX operators in Australia are telling very different stories of their experiences at a WiMAX conference underway in Bangkok, according to an online report.
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Telstra’s Next G wireless Internet rocks – except when it doesn’t
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-14 22:53:43
As a visitor to the Saturday qualifying round of the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix (as a guest of Sensis), I’ve been mixing work with watching the cars spin around the track, trying and failing to get my Next G connection to work properly. Yet, I’m posting this story, with ‘old technology’ coming to the rescue!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-14 22:53:43
As a visitor to the Saturday qualifying round of the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix (as a guest of Sensis), I’ve been mixing work with watching the cars spin around the track, trying and failing to get my Next G connection to work properly. Yet, I’m posting this story, with ‘old technology’ coming to the rescue!
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NextWave promises mobile TV via WiMAX
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-03-10 20:17:52
With most of the mobile WiMAX spectrum in Australia now owned by TV companies - Austar and Seven Network (which recently purchased Unwired), NextWave's announcement of technology that delivers television and interactive services over mobile WiMAX network opens up interesting possibilities.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-03-10 20:17:52
With most of the mobile WiMAX spectrum in Australia now owned by TV companies - Austar and Seven Network (which recently purchased Unwired), NextWave's announcement of technology that delivers television and interactive services over mobile WiMAX network opens up interesting possibilities.
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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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Gosling thinks wireless cellphone downloads bad: is he kidding?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-06 06:13:58
I was incredibly surprised and saddened to learn that the father of Java, James Gosling, is firmly stuck in the 20th century, oddly believing that the “over-the-air” (OTA) distribution of mobile applications is somehow the wrong idea – and yet he uses an iPhone!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-06 06:13:58
I was incredibly surprised and saddened to learn that the father of Java, James Gosling, is firmly stuck in the 20th century, oddly believing that the “over-the-air” (OTA) distribution of mobile applications is somehow the wrong idea – and yet he uses an iPhone!
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Why the iPhone SHOULD be a modem
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-05 04:46:37
The current 2G model iPhone can’t officially be tethered to a notebook and then used as a wireless Internet connection, although hacker extraordinaire Nate True figured out how to do it anyway some time ago. But despite arguments that the iPhone’s data plan explains why it currently isn’t an official tethered modem, such arguments are nonsense: it’s my iPhone and I should be able to use it as a modem if desired, even if it costs me more money.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-05 04:46:37
The current 2G model iPhone can’t officially be tethered to a notebook and then used as a wireless Internet connection, although hacker extraordinaire Nate True figured out how to do it anyway some time ago. But despite arguments that the iPhone’s data plan explains why it currently isn’t an official tethered modem, such arguments are nonsense: it’s my iPhone and I should be able to use it as a modem if desired, even if it costs me more money.
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Steve Wozniak - Apple critic and the original Wozni-hacker
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-04 16:25:20
In Sydney this week at a broadband event, Steve Wozniak let loose with his views on the iPhone, the MacBook Air and Apple TV – while also saying Australia’s new ‘broadband’ plan is just ‘adequate’, suggesting we'll soon need to upgrade to even faster speeds.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-04 16:25:20
In Sydney this week at a broadband event, Steve Wozniak let loose with his views on the iPhone, the MacBook Air and Apple TV – while also saying Australia’s new ‘broadband’ plan is just ‘adequate’, suggesting we'll soon need to upgrade to even faster speeds.
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Remote management for Next G wireless cards, perhaps?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-03-03 22:07:13
Sierra Wireless, supplier of 3G modems for Telstra's Next G network, has licensed Red Bend Software's device management solution, vDirect Mobile, to enable remote management of its wireless modems.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-03-03 22:07:13
Sierra Wireless, supplier of 3G modems for Telstra's Next G network, has licensed Red Bend Software's device management solution, vDirect Mobile, to enable remote management of its wireless modems.
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Huawei eyes Australian WiMAX market
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-02-28 19:33:41
China-based Huawei is trying to attract the attention of companies that have obtained licences for WiMAX spectrum in Australia.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-02-28 19:33:41
China-based Huawei is trying to attract the attention of companies that have obtained licences for WiMAX spectrum in Australia.
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Lenovo slims down – but not quite as much as Apple
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-28 05:57:37
Lenovo’s new ‘ThinkPad X300’, code-named ‘Kodachi’ isn’t quite as slim as the MacBook Air, but comes packed with many more features – and still slips into that now famous ‘envelope’!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-28 05:57:37
Lenovo’s new ‘ThinkPad X300’, code-named ‘Kodachi’ isn’t quite as slim as the MacBook Air, but comes packed with many more features – and still slips into that now famous ‘envelope’!
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ACMA: Consumers ‘happy’ with telco services – but not farmers
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-28 04:57:30
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a nearly year-old report providing a ‘snapshot of consumer satisfaction’ with landline, mobile, VoIP and Internet services.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-28 04:57:30
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a nearly year-old report providing a ‘snapshot of consumer satisfaction’ with landline, mobile, VoIP and Internet services.
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Revenge of the Sol: Telstra empire strikes back
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-21 19:22:53
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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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-21 19:22:53
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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Telstra starts new retail accreditation program for Next G
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-17 22:58:29
Wanting to make the CDMA migration to Next G mobile handsets as smooth as possible for its customers around Australia, Telstra has commenced a new “retail accreditation program” to ensure Telstra store staff are giving the right advice and information to customers, letting consumers test drive handsets in store or on their (rural and regional) properties through Telstra’s “Coverage Advocate” program.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-17 22:58:29
Wanting to make the CDMA migration to Next G mobile handsets as smooth as possible for its customers around Australia, Telstra has commenced a new “retail accreditation program” to ensure Telstra store staff are giving the right advice and information to customers, letting consumers test drive handsets in store or on their (rural and regional) properties through Telstra’s “Coverage Advocate” program.
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700MHz auction slows
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-02-10 22:26:49
Round 51 of bidding in the US FCC's auction of 700MHz spectrum showed relatively little activity with the aggregate value of bids rising just 0.11 percent to $US19.2 billion.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-02-10 22:26:49
Round 51 of bidding in the US FCC's auction of 700MHz spectrum showed relatively little activity with the aggregate value of bids rising just 0.11 percent to $US19.2 billion.
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Fixed line broadband under threat from wireless
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-02-05 05:05:32
Mobile broadband is fast approaching the point globally where it is becoming a credible threat to residential fixed-line broadband services. This is the view of a European based telecommunications analyst firm.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-02-05 05:05:32
Mobile broadband is fast approaching the point globally where it is becoming a credible threat to residential fixed-line broadband services. This is the view of a European based telecommunications analyst firm.
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Lenovo Laptops to ship with embedded Ericsson HSPA
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-02-05 00:27:26
Lenovo has become the first announced customer for Ericsson's HSPA module, which includes a GPS receiver, and will start offering laptops with this embedded later this year.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-02-05 00:27:26
Lenovo has become the first announced customer for Ericsson's HSPA module, which includes a GPS receiver, and will start offering laptops with this embedded later this year.
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C block auction reaches open access threshold
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-01-31 14:21:51
A bid of $US4.7 billion in the US FCC auction of a nationwide chunk of 700MHz spectrum means the proposed open access rules will apply to the winner.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-01-31 14:21:51
A bid of $US4.7 billion in the US FCC auction of a nationwide chunk of 700MHz spectrum means the proposed open access rules will apply to the winner.
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Some 700MHz bids creep up, others flounder
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-01-29 20:26:39
While bidding for the C block in the current US 700MHz spectrum auction has crept up to nearly $US3.8 billion, some other licences are languishing.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-01-29 20:26:39
While bidding for the C block in the current US 700MHz spectrum auction has crept up to nearly $US3.8 billion, some other licences are languishing.
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700MHz auction rolls on
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-01-28 22:30:56
The FCC-administered auction of rights to wireless spectrum in the 700MHz band sees a fresh bidding round commencing today (Tuesday).
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-01-28 22:30:56
The FCC-administered auction of rights to wireless spectrum in the 700MHz band sees a fresh bidding round commencing today (Tuesday).
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