Mobility

Skype tests mobile VoIP app

Skype tests mobile VoIP app

Skype has released a mobile version of its VoIP application, giving owners of Java-enabled handsets access to the communication service while out and about.

Staff Writers Apr 30 2008, 6:34AM Mobility
Nokia unveils new Fold and Slide phones

Nokia unveils new Fold and Slide phones

The flip-phone was once our weapon of choice, but the slide is looking better by the day. Check out Nokia's new handsets for both camps.
Alex Kidman Apr 30 2008, 6:12AM Mobility
CDMA opinion: CDMA closure causes chaos

CDMA opinion: CDMA closure causes chaos

Just one day after the closure of Telstra’s CDMA mobile phone network, complaints are flooding into hotlines across the country with rural and regional callers blaming the shutdown of the service for everything from cot deaths to crop failures.
Ian Yates Apr 29 2008, 1:36PM Mobility
Telstra chooses Polycom for IP telephony service

Telstra chooses Polycom for IP telephony service

Telstra has selected telecommunications equipment provider Polycom as preferred handset provider for its Telstra IP Telephony (TIPT) service.
Staff Writers Apr 29 2008, 11:42AM Mobility
Nasa plans 5G comms 'nanosats'

Nasa plans 5G comms 'nanosats'

Nasa is developing satellites weighing as little as 5kg for a future global telecoms network.
Iain Thomson Apr 26 2008, 3:53PM Mobility
Apple to announce 3G iPhone on 9 June

Apple to announce 3G iPhone on 9 June

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs will take the wraps off the much-hyped 3G iPhone during his keynote speech at the Worldwide Developers Conference on 9 June, according to Citi analysts.
Guy Dixon Apr 26 2008, 3:50PM Mobility
Ovum research: The evolution of 3G

Ovum research: The evolution of 3G

Ovum recently published research analysing how 3G strategies in Asia-Pacific have evolved since the technology’s launch. It outlines lessons learnt and how future 3G and mobile data strategies should be shaped for current 3G operators.
Staff Writers Apr 23 2008, 11:40AM Mobility
Nokia launches online music store to rival Apple iTunes

Nokia launches online music store to rival Apple iTunes

The first Australian Nokia Music Store is open for business, offering millions of audio downloads in an effort to challenge iTunes.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 22 2008, 12:40PM Mobility
Liberal: Conroy’s broadband tender process in trouble

Liberal: Conroy’s broadband tender process in trouble

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s tender process for the construction of a national broadband network risks falling apart at the seams with the minister telling a key industry summit that he is happy to accept “non-complying” bids, claimed Shadow Communications Minister Senator Bruce Billson.
Lilia Guan Apr 21 2008, 6:59AM Mobility
iPhone vulnerable to DoS attack

iPhone vulnerable to DoS attack

A security firm claims to have uncovered a denial-of-service vulnerability in version 1.1.4 of Apple's Safari web browser for the iPhone.
Staff Writers Apr 19 2008, 8:10AM Mobility
Telstra answers last FAQ’s about CDMA closure

Telstra answers last FAQ’s about CDMA closure

Australian telecommunications giant, Telstra is counting down the last days of its CDMA closure. According to the telco, Telstra is alerting all remaining CDMA mobile customers that the final countdown has now started with just 10 days to go before the CDMA mobile network shuts down for good.
Staff Writers Apr 18 2008, 1:29PM Mobility
Asia wakes up to Bluetooth

Asia wakes up to Bluetooth

After a slow start, almost a billion Bluetooth devices will be sold annually in Asia by 2013, new forecasts predict.
Simon Burns Apr 16 2008, 2:12PM Mobility
Farewell CDMA: Conroy confirms closure

Farewell CDMA: Conroy confirms closure

It’s final. Telstra’s moribund CDMA mobile phone network will cease to be come April 28, after Communications Minister Stephen Conroy today confirmed that Telstra has met the requirements to allow its closure.
Mitchell Bingemann Apr 16 2008, 7:26AM Mobility
Avocent appoints Ingram Micro as VAD in Oz

Avocent appoints Ingram Micro as VAD in Oz

Avocent Corporation has announced the appointment of Ingram Micro as its value added distributor in Australia.
Staff Writers Apr 15 2008, 3:18PM Mobility
Opinion: Answer the iPhone

Opinion: Answer the iPhone

The rumour mill is running flat out again with claims that Apple is about to release its iPhone locally. Don’t these people have anything better to do?
Ian Yates Apr 15 2008, 10:22AM Mobility
Liberal Party: Conroy’s ‘Request for Policy’ plea

Liberal Party: Conroy’s ‘Request for Policy’ plea

Shadow Communications Minister, Senator Bruce Billson believes, the 'Request for Proposal' document released by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy for his vague National Broadband Network should be more appropriately renamed a 'Request for Policy' plea for someone to dream up a sound public policy approach to delivering Labor broadband sound bites.
Staff Writers Apr 14 2008, 2:30PM Mobility
Opinion: WiFi woes

Opinion: WiFi woes

Well, 802.11n has reached draft 2.0 status but still isn’t a real standard, but now you can start selling the stuff and hopefully it will all work together.
Ian Yates Apr 12 2008, 9:05AM Mobility
APAC dominates FTTx market

APAC dominates FTTx market

There will be over 240 million broadband subscribers in APAC by the end of 2011, said IT&T research group Ovum RHK in its latest survey of 14 countries across the Asia Pacific Region, including Australia and New Zealand.
Lilia Guan Apr 11 2008, 1:10PM Mobility
Nokia to pay off staff in axed German factory

Nokia to pay off staff in axed German factory

Mobile phone giant Nokia has reached agreement on key elements of a reconciliation of interests and social plan for employees affected by the company's closure of its Bochum site in Germany.
Staff Writers Apr 11 2008, 7:08AM Mobility
Former Apple reseller doubts iPhone rumours

Former Apple reseller doubts iPhone rumours

Former independent Apple reseller Adam Connor – owner of Total Recall Solutions – says rumours that resellers have been informed about the launch of Apple’s much anticipated iPhone in Australia are doubtful.
Lilia Guan Apr 10 2008, 1:15PM Mobility

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