Telstra 4Gets not, 4Gives Australians 1000th LTE base station

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a super-speedy 4G LTE modem jumping metaphorically over one thousand 4G LTE base stations down under, servicing 300,000 4G smartphones, tablets and mobile broadband devices on Australia’s ‘highest quality mobile network’.
 

New Zealand proposes to permit yourname.nz domain names

New Zealand's domain name authority is proposing to permit domains to be registered at the 'second level' (.nz) instead of only at the 'third level' (co.nz, .govt.nz etc)
 

NEC launch cloud telephony service for SMEs

NEC is looking to penetrate the small to medium sized business market with the launch of a scalable, cloud telephony solution designed specifically for Australian SMEs.
 

Cellphone users tipped to spend $US171.5b via their phones this year

Gartner is forecasting 61.9 percent increase from 2011 in the value of mobile transactions this year, from an estimated 212.5m cellphone users around the world.
 

vividwireless customises customer communications with Responsys

vividwireless has deployed technology from US company Responsys to personalise its email and web communications with customers, and its marketing campaigns.
 

Telstra Foundation offering $1m to help disadvantaged youth get online

The Telstra Foundation has announced plans to award grants totally $1m, marking the tenth anniversary of the organisation's founding.
 

MyNetFone to offer retail and wholesale NBN broadband

MyNetFone has received certification from NBN Co to provide both retail and wholesale broadband services over the NBN.
 

Small businesses still not social media savvy

Social media is playing an increasing role in the marketing efforts of small business and consuming an increasing share of the marketing budget, but most SMBs' use of social media is relatively simplistic and lacking in metrics, according to the 2012 Yellow Social Media Report.
 

Comms Alliance tackles the tangled web of public Wi-Fi

It may seem a simple proposition for the owner of a shopping mall, or a coffee shop, to stick in some Wi-Fi access points and offer customers Internet access, but as a new paper from Communications Alliance explains there is a host of legal and regulatory pitfalls.
 

It's arrived - the Internet connected cooker

UK Whitegoods manufacturer, AGA Rangemaster, has launched a cooker with inbuilt M2M capability that can be monitored and controlled remotely.