Telco
Opinion: Your call could not be connected
So, it’s official, Vodafone gets the Aussie iPhone contract. What that really means is when the iPhone finally reaches our shores it won’t work any place outside the capital cities and the odd stretch of highway in between them. Apple either doesn’t know or doesn’t care that the Vodafone network doesn’t work everywhere. I guess they’re used to that from their US experience. They probably think nobody’s network covers an entire country.
May 7 2008, 7:00AM
Mobility
Opinion: Vista schmista, Telstra schmelstra
Well, we just spent the weekend figuring out what went wrong with our plans to setup a client's new branch office using Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista workstations. The gig was supposed to be finished Friday, but we didn't get out of town until Sunday night. And it wasn't the applications or the network that bit us in the bum this time. No, it was the printers. And Telstra.
May 5 2008, 1:22PM
Collaboration
Opinion: Will the iPhone be available to all independent Apple resellers in June?
Online rumours that Apple is planning to bring the iPhone out to Australia in June through Optus have reached a peak. However it’s highly unlikely Apple will roll out the 3G iPhone to all of its independent Apple resellers.
May 5 2008, 1:16PM
Mobility
NBN request: Reigning in the gorilla that is Telstra
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy’s National Broadband Network (NBN) Request for Proposal (RFP) has made people sit up and take serious notice of the current situation.
May 3 2008, 8:27AM
Collaboration
Telstra wholesale exemptions could be a hollow victory
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft decision that it will exempt Telstra from the requirement to offer two wholesale PSTN services in parts of metropolitan Australia. The exemption would apply to wholesale line rental (WLR) and local call service (LCS), but only in areas where ULL-based competition is already established.
Apr 30 2008, 1:39PM
Collaboration
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.
Apr 29 2008, 1:36PM
Mobility
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.
Apr 18 2008, 1:29PM
Mobility
Netspace Networks complains to ACCC about Telstra
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has recently received notification of a telecommunications access dispute – under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974 – brought on by Netspace Networks Pty Ltd against Telstra.
Apr 11 2008, 3:17PM
Collaboration
Telstra talks up Next G network
Telstra is talking up its Next G network, claiming the wide coverage and data speeds of its Next G network could open up new opportunities for businesses across Australia to monitor and control remote sites without leaving their home or office.
Apr 8 2008, 11:36AM
Collaboration
CeBIT Australia confirms attendance by Telstra and Optus
With CeBIT Australia 2008 only a month away, local event organiser Hanover Fairs Australia has confirmed Optus and Telstra will join multinational technology vendors Fujitsu, Motorola, Oracle, Panasonic, Red Hat, Siemens, Sony and Yahoo at the event.
Apr 4 2008, 1:05PM
Collaboration
gotalk acquires Aussie phone card company World Telecom
Following the 2007 acquisition of Telstra’s international phonecards - Say G’day and Super Buzz – Australian-based telecommunication provider, gotalk, has acquired one of Australia’s largest phone card companies ‘World Telecom’ and its key phone card brands.
Apr 3 2008, 12:03PM
Collaboration
