Vodafone reaches 16Mb/s mobile download rate, next step in 3G

Vodafone successfully reached a peak mobile download rate of up to 16Mb/s in a recent trial test of their HSPA+ technology, "HSPA+ is the next step in 3G after HSDPA and HSUPA, and Vodafone, working alongside...

'Beam me up Scotty' comes to life in Australia

In a homage to every Star Trek fan's fantasy, a company in Australia called Telstra actually used a hologram to beam its chief technology officer from Melbourne to Adelaide for a live business presentation. "In an...

The great phone rip off

"It seems Telstra is scrambling to maintain profitability in the mobile sector as increased competition cuts into their margins.  As an example I received this text message yesterday:      Find people & business u need. Call 1234 for fast&...

Operators to launch NFC-based mobile payment services

""We are proud to be the first operator in the world to trial this global payment scheme," said Young-Chu Cho, CEO of KTF, a leading HSPA operator in Korea. "We have been working diligently to deliver more than mobile values to our customers and NFC M-Payment is definitely a...

EQO Launches mobile Internet phone application in Australia

"Tim Williams, an early EQO user, says, "I've frequently used EQO from Australia to call contacts on mobiles throughout China and have been delighted with the quality and reliability of the service." The EQO downloadable software is easy to use and spares Australians from...

CEOs to debate industry`s future at GSMA`s Mobile Asia Congress

""With mobile broadband services proliferating, handset technology evolving rapidly and the Internet fast going wireless, this industry is reaching a major inflexion point as many operators, vendors and entertainment companies review their strategies, their business models...

Another Telstra worker 'commits suicide'

"    * Another Telstra worker 'commits suicide' 18th June 2007, 4:33 WST  Increasing performance targets and plans to install satellite tracking in his work van caused a Melbourne Telstra line technician to commit suicide, his friends and family...

3G to change mobile phone landscape in Aust.

The way we view our mobile phones is set to change - at last. The following report from ATMA indicates the time is almost upon us with the closure of the CDMA network forcing a shift of 1.5 million phone users...

Telstra to Apple: 'stick to your knitting'

" Telstra has all but ruled itself out of the running to carry Apple's new iPhone mobile when it is released here next year with a senior executive launching a withering critique of the device. Telstra's...

SIM card error and the $600 mobile phone bill

Mobile phone users need to be aware that calls and other telecommunications charges might be made to their phone during periods when their SIM is reporting an error on their phone.

Civil liberties group says Telstra GPS trackers go too far.

A GPS tracker in your company supplied a van an invasion of privacy?

Telstra pays a quarter billion dollars for China website

"Australian telecoms giant Telstra has paid 254 million US dollars for a majority stake in Chinese real-estate and home furnishing website SouFun Holdings. Telstra chairman Sol Trujillo said the site was a market leader in China and would be managed by Sensis, which runs...

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