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Fujitsu Siemens backs embedded HSPA modem intiative
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2008-12-14 14:40:31
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has joined the GSM Association's (GSMA) Mobile Broadband Initiative, formed to promoted laptops and other mobile devices with embedded HSPA modems. Some analyst, however remain bearish about the market for these versus separate HSPA modems.


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Nokia to enter HSPA dongle market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2008-12-14 04:28:20
After pulling out of the market for laptop-embedded HSPA modems, Nokia is getting into the HSPA dongle game.


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Conroy cries “crikey!” over Opposition broadband “insult”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-12-09 22:04:37
Ok, so Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Communications, didn’t quite say “Crikey!” but he’s not happy over the claimed “shambolic broadband stunt” from the Federal Opposition which is an “insult to regional voters”.


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LG develops 'world first' 4G handset modem chip
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-12-09 17:46:15
Korean electronics giant LG Electronics has developed what the company claims is the first 4G handset modem chip based on 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology standards. The chip can theoretically support wireless download speeds of 100Mbps and upload speeds of 50Mbps.


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Huawei claims lead in 21Mbps HSPA devices
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-12-09 16:40:46
Telstra and Sierra Wireless have demonstrated 21 Mbps HSPA devices on Telstra's network, but Sierra admits there is much work to be done before its devices are ready for commercial service. Huawei, however is claiming to have demonstrated "the world's first commercial ready HSPA+ [21Mbps] devices," on PCCW's network in Hong Kong.


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Telstra's 21Mbps Next G upgrade: its not just about speed
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!

Category: Telecommunications blog

2008-12-09 01:12:07
Ericsson scored a double whammy this week announcing upgrades of HSPA networks in Australia and Scandinavia to 21Mbps, the first in the world, but it's not just the speed upgrade that matters.


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Aussie NBN network already being bypassed by Next G?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-12-07 20:47:21
With plenty of talk recently about how wireless technologies could make the proposed Australian "National Broadband Network" or NBN redundant, Telstra is already demonstrating an 800km rollout of fibre in the Northern Territory alongside wireless solutions that are serving rural and regional Australia with high-speed broadband – today.


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World’s first 21Mbps eHSPA/HSPA+ data “call” made in Australia
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-12-07 19:26:19
Although data “calls” on 21Mbps networks and equipment have been made in the labs and in demonstrations, Australia is the first place in the world where such a call has been made on a commercial, deployed 21Mbps eHSPA network, with a full commercial launch due early 2009.


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With no NBN, ADSL2+ will drive the “next five years of broadband”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-12-03 05:57:39
Telecommunications research firm Market Clarity says that Aussies are switching to high-speed ADSL 2+ services, “with or without the government’s NBN”, in a trend that “will drive the next five years of broadband market development”.


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Free (but censored) wireless Internet for the Land of the Free
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Reports & Surveys

2008-12-02 15:30:57
US Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin is pushing provisions for a free, nationwide wireless Internet service. The Commission is expected to consider the proposal later this month.


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Nokia Siemens foreshadows the 1Gbps wireless network
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-12-01 22:24:42
Nokia Siemens Networks claims to have staged the first demonstration of LTE-A (long term evolution-advanced) wireless broadband technology, a future evolution of today's 3G networks that could deliver speeds up to 1Gbps. But don't hold you breath.


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Vodafone and Dell in $0 netbook broadband deal: cool
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-11-27 20:52:29
Although Telstra offered a $0 broadband and notebook deal for businesses earlier this year, Dell and Vodafone are the first to offer such a combo to all consumers, and better still, the first to include a netbook with an inbuilt 3.5G modem, and the first in a $0 upfront deal.


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Telstra launches Next G advertising blitz
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-11-21 01:15:51
Starting November 22, Telstra will launch an advertising blitz promoting its 3.5G “Next G” network’s superiority in speed, range and services over the 3.5G networks of its competitors, in a campaign that will run for months over a range of mediums.


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Broadband number crunching
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!

Category: Telecommunications blog

2008-11-20 23:31:36
The pundits seem to be trying to outdo each other with forecasts for broadband uptake. One thinks the world has now passed the billion user milestone, and Ericsson reckons that in five years time 80 percent of all broadband connections will be mobile, which would be a serious problem for the builder of the National Broadband Network.


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Ovum asks if Australia really needs an NBN?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-11-17 23:31:07
Thanks to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australia is going through the hurdles of choosing the technology for a “National Broadband Network” (NBN), smack bang in the middle of a time when wireless technology is improving so much that going wired almost seems like going backwards.


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Unwired launches fixed WiMAX service for businesses
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Services

2008-11-11 04:57:41
Unwired has long-trumpeted its plans to launch mobile WiMAX services, and is in the process of selecting vendors, but its first WiMAX offering is based on fixed WiMAX technology and is aimed at businesses requiring high grade, high speed fixed links.


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3 brings 365-day prepaid wireless broadband and data rollover to life!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-11-11 02:11:11
The latest salvo in the prepaid wireless broadband war has erupted with 3 Mobile’s new prepaid wireless broadband offer, bringing an option that has a year before expiry and a data rollover option that ensures unused data doesn’t go to waste – unlike competitors.


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Telstra's other National Broadband Network?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!

Category: Telecommunications blog

2008-11-09 22:08:29
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo was telling investors last week that high speed broadband is central to his strategy, while claiming there is every possibility that Telstra won't be part of the Government's planned National Broadband Network. Interesting!


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Telstra demos 21Mbps on Next G
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Networks

2008-11-06 15:52:10
Telstra this week gave the first demonstration of enhanced HSPA n its Next G network using a modem developed by Sierra Wireless capable of a maximum downstream speed of 21Mbps. Telstra is promising commercial services early in 2009.


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Telstra brings 21Mbps wireless broadband to life – in demo
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-11-06 08:23:02
Although a 21Mbps wireless broadband demo took place overseas a few weeks ago, Telstra decided to use its “Investor Day” to make its first Australian demo in front of partners, analysts and the press, with more trials in December and a “full commercial launch early next year”.


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