Telstra claims that more than 100 locations around Australia now have mobile coverage for the first time as a result of the continuing expansion of the carrier's Next G 3G network.
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Queensland resort and gated community Sanctuary Cove isn’t waiting for the National Broadband Network to roll past its upmarket residences, and will instead roll-out its own fibre to the home infrastructure in preparation for higher bandwidth services.
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Gary McLaren, who has headed Communications Alliance's initiative to develop network specifications for the National Broadband Network, has been appointed CTO of NBN Co. Steve Christian, a former managing director of networks at Optus, has been named head of network operations. And Comms Alliance has named Paul Brooks to replace McLaren.
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US based chipmaker, Sibeam, has unveiled the second generation of its 60GHz wireless networking chipsets, claimed to the only product on the market to support wireless delivery of lossless 1080p HD video.
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The era of consumer telepresence has come a step closer with the launch of a new system by LifeSize targeted at small business, personal office and teleworkers with a starting price of less than $US2500 and billed as "a ground-breaking HD videoconferencing system that provides the telepresence experience to anyone, anywhere."
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The National Broadband Network would drive job opportunities in regional Australia and help remote indigenous communities participate in the mainstream economy, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has told a conference in Geneva.
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Internode says it’s taking advantage of a reduction in data transfer costs afforded by the new fibre-optic link between Australia and the Pacific Island of Guam to boost data quotas and lower plan costs to its customers.
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Be careful whom you call, your telco might use the information to sell you something! IBM has announced two analytics-focused research projects that, it says, will help telecom service providers and e-retailers improve customer service and new-customer acquisitions by examining the way customers communicate, make purchasing decision, and download applications.
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Salesforce.com and Cisco have teamed up to offer a 'contact centre in the cloud' for SMBs by combining Salesforce.com's hosted CRM service with Cisco's unified communications offerings.
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US-based JumperTel has launched a VoIP service that enables 'on-net' calling to anywhere and from anywhere in the world for just $US12 per year: not as cheap as Skype but, JumperTel claims, much simpler to use and superior in other ways.
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Cisco will later this month reveal details of its borderless networks architecture, the third major plank on which it hopes to secure the future growth of its business, and headed by the former CEO of Cisco Australia & New Zealand, Ross Fowler.
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Tiny wireless internet providers servicing the bush face an uncertain future as regional subsidy programs are cut and the NBN Company considers satellite options, the founder of pioneering rural outfit Yless4U Anthony Goonan says.
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Greg Wyler, founder and CEO of future low earth orbit satellite operator, O3b Networks, will address the Senate Enquiry into the NBN to push his company's claims that the round trip delay inherent in geostationary satellite systems makes them unsuitable for providing broadband services to those Australians beyond the reach of the National Broadband Network's fibre.
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Cisco's announcement that it is buying videoconferencing equipment specialist Tandberg will reduce the options for its rivals in the UC and collaboration market looking for videoconferencing partners.
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Australia Japan Cable (AJC) - the 12,700km submarine link between Australia and Japan, says it has "successfully completed its refinancing, assuring its viability into the future."
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New Zealand's three mobile operators - Telecom NZ, Vodafone and 2 Degrees - have all submitted new undertakings on mobile termination rates after the Commerce Commission rejected their initial undertakings and threatened to set rates by regulation.
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