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Mobile operators get fixed price spectrum renewal in $3b Government windfall

The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.

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NICTA chip plans thwarted by dearth of venture capital

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The technology could be embedded in smartphones said Professor Skafidas. “Instead of going to the local Blockbuster you could download a movie onto a smart phone in 5-7 seconds if it was enabled with GiFi. For a USB today a download would take about 15 minutes.”

The new generation chipset scheduled to be released in October will also feature a phased array allowing more focussed transmission. “Some of the other benefits are that this chipset uses lower power and we are almost at the level that you could include it in the power budget of a laptop. We’re still a little bit shy of the mobile phone but we will have that nailed in the product version in 2010.”

Despite the setbacks in terms of finding venture capitalists willing to lead the spinout of a new company Professor Skafidas said he was still hoping to see NICTA’s chips being built into products by 2011.

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