Smelly Black Dog Internet is proud to announce that the company has signed up for Simtronic Technologies new wholesale broadband service as an early adopter, and by doing so has access to the Simtronic IPv6 Transit. Colleen Scafe (Director of Smelly Black Dog) states that the company chose Simtronic Technologies over other providers, as Simtronic Technologies is a technologically progressive company and shares the same goals as Smelly Black Dog. Smelly Black Dog Internet now provides IPv6 access for not only business but for all broadband users in all parts of Australia. This means that for all Australians that native IPv6 connectivity is now more accessible than ever before.

If you’re in a 4G coverage area and you’re sporting a 4G LTE capable device, it should come as no surprise to discover that 4G devices deliver vastly better ping and download speeds than 3G devices.

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The Indian mobile market is forecast to grow from 812 million connections by the end of this year to 1.36 billion in 2020, but it’s not the increase in new subscribers, but the retention of existing customers, that one market analyst says should concern the country’s mobile operators.

Acer is deploying up to 65,000 notebooks with the Queensland Department of Education and Training (DET) after the company won a tender in round three of the national secondary school computer fund.

  Sony and Vodafone have signed an exclusive deal that will see Vodafone as the preferred provider of 3G connectivity for PlayStation Vita in several countries, including Australia and New Zealand.

Optus is partnering the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) to give unrestricted backstage access to the ARIA music awards through mobile devices, with users able to watch the drama unfolding backstage through a dedicated mobile video stream.

Although a wired connection is almost always better than a wireless connection (with an exception or two), Australians still love wireless broadband, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) stating that “mobile wireless connections” are “more popular than DSL”!

Amazon's much-rumoured tablet has been announced. The Kindle Fire is an aggressively priced 7in colour device with a new approach to web browsing.

As it did for the mobile phone arena, Amaysim has announced a new way to purchase data for your netbook, smartphone, iPad or tablet.