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.

While most Australians now enjoy fixed line Internet access plans with several hundred gigabytes of data, in New Zealand over two thirds have less than 20GB per month, and less than 30,000 of almost 1.5m broadband users have data caps in excess of 50GB.

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”!

As Facebook grows towards the magic 1 billion user mark, the site “Inside Facebook” uses various datasets to show that, while overall users seems to be growing, the number of users in the US, UK and Canada is confusingly “growing quickly or slowing of falling”.

Telecoms market research firm, Market Clarity, says it has confirmed that most customers of Australian fixed broadband services use only a fraction of their monthly download quota: 15 percent on average.

Communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy has table the ACMA's annual communications report in Parliament. It shows Australians increasing love of mobile phones for data and in lieu of fixed lines.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its latest Internet Activity Report. It has included mobile handsets for the first time putting mobile connections well ahead of fixed.

Web share statistics for April suggest users are continuing to move away from Windows and Internet Explorer. Mobile devices and Chrome are among the beneficiaries.

Australia’s national scientific research organization, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), is multiplying its efforts to add mathematical interest among its country’s students as Australia sees a greater need for mathematicians through 2013.

Statistics collected by Opera Software show that Google is still the go-to search engine for mobile users in the US.