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.

It's probably too late for most people's Christmas shopping, but Optus started selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab today.

It's probably too late for most people's Christmas shopping, but Optus started selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab today.

Australians now on average each have 1.5 mobile services, but despite there being almost five million dedicated mobile broadband devices in use and almost 10 million mobile handsets used to access the Internet, 93 percent of Internet downloads still take place over fixed networks.

ClubTelco - a division of ASX listed telco service provider Eftel - has launched a range of new mobile broadband plans saying the offer "a mix of super cheap and heavy usage options ."

An analyst firm is predicting there will be 35 million Australian mobile subscriptions by 2015.

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced plans to shed 23 percent of its global workforce - some 17,000 people - and focus on end-to-end network infrastructure for mobile broadband services.

Uptake by enterprises of LTE mobile broadband technology is expected to increase rapidly in the next five years, but with consumers signing up in large numbers during 2013, and overtaking enterprise subscribers by 2015.

Australians travelling to 11 countries in Asia where mobile operators are member of the Bridge Alliance can now enjoy unlimited data roaming for a fixed price of $US12 per day.

Vividwireless has revamped its wireless broadband plans, increasing data quotas and is offering new customers Christmas cashbacks.