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Telstra, Optus could face $50 million flood repair bill

The Australian | January 14, 2011 | Mitchell Bingemann THE nation's major telecommunications companies are facing a bill in excess of $50 million and three months of build time. This, to repair communication systems damaged by the Queensland floods, reported The Australian. Tens of...

Telstra assistance package for New South Wales customers affected by floodwaters and storms

Telstra | January 12, 2011 | Press Release Telstra today announced an assistance package for its residential and small business customers across New South Wales* who have been evacuated from their homes or whose phone services have been affected by the recent storms and flooding. Under...

Telcos fight to keep phone services operating

Sydney Morning Herald | January 12, 2011 | Lucy Battersby HELICOPTERS and sandbags are being used to keep generators running and underground networks dry as telephone operators scramble to maintain services and minimise damage in Queensland's flooded areas. But mobile phone coverage will drop out where...

Clarity Completes Phase 2 Rollout for Globe Telecom

Clarity | January 11, 2011 | Press Release Unified OSS Helps Philippines Operator Future-Proof Wireless and Fixed Line Operations, Reduce Operational Costs and Increase Service Assurance Capability Sydney, Australia; 11 January 2011 – Clarity, the award winning provider of unified Telecommunications solutions designed to simplify operations, today...

Telstra still in negotiations with NBN

Sydney Morning Herald | January 7, 2011 | AAP The head of the government funded company charged with responsibility for building the national broadband network says discussions with Telstra are continuing. NBN co chief executive Mike Quigley said the company is still in talks with Telstra...

Inquiry into Vodafone data breach

Sydney Morning Herald | January 10, 2010 | Lucy Battersby THE privacy commissioner will investigate the way Vodafone handles customer data after reports that private information was easily accessible to outsiders. Vodafone is looking for the people who breached its customer database. More stories have emerged of...

Vodafone Australia facing potential class-action lawsuit

Piper Alderman, an Australian law firm, is asking customers of giant telco Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd. to register their interest in a lawsuit against the company based on Vodafone’s silence after reports its network was crumbling under the weight of its users. A post...

UPDATE 1-Telstra takes write down in China, guidance unchanged

Reuters | By Narayanan Somasundaram and Adrian Bathgate | December 22, 2010 * Telstra to take $138 million writedown on China business * Telstra says other Asian investments performing well (Adds details, background) SYDNEY/WELLINGTON Dec 23 (Reuters) - Telstra Corp , Australia's dominant...

Daring to dream large: The broadband network will be a long, hard sell, and it's telling Labor is taking it on – Australia

Sydney Morning Herald | Katharine Murphy | December 21, 2010 Does it really take one Prime Minister and three cabinet ministers to change a policy light globe? It does when the light globe is the $36 billion national broadband network. The long-awaited business plan for...

Telstra’s $10.8 bln deal with govt seen delayed – paper

Sydney | Dec 20, 2010 | Reuters | by Adrian Bathgate A $10.8 billion deal between the Australian government and telecoms firm Telstra Corp over Telstra's role in the $35 billion National Broadband Network will not be completed this year, the Australian Financial Review said...

Telstra's $10.8 bln deal with govt seen delayed – paper

Sydney | Dec 20, 2010 | Reuters | by Adrian Bathgate A $10.8 billion deal between the Australian government and telecoms firm Telstra Corp over Telstra's role in the $35 billion National Broadband Network will not be completed this year, the Australian Financial Review said...

Telstra LTE trial triples download speed

TELSTRA has demonstrated download speeds of 149Mbps in trials of Long Term Evolution mobile technology, the successor to 3G mobile systems. Telstra has been trialling the technology for the past six months in Box Hill, Melbourne. Together with equipment partner Huawei,...

Apple pips Nokia to become No.1 smartphone maker in Australia

Apple has overtaken Nokia for the first time to become the number one smartphone vendor in Australia. The iPhone-maker now accounts for 36.5 per cent of the smartphone market, eclipsing Nokia's 30.5 per cent share, according to analyst firm IDC's Q3 Mobile Device Tracker, released...

Google Won't Face Criminal Charges in Australia Over Street View

Google may have breached Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, but the Australian Federal Police won't prosecute, saying the chances of a successful prosecution are "low." Google collected private data, including full e-mails and passwords, off unsecured wireless networks with its Street View cars...

UAE trade with Australia to reach all-time high

Surging demand for live sheep and cars should help to propel Australian exports to the UAE to a record of more than A$2 billion (Dh7.22bn) this year. Meanwhile, a dozen Australian companies are conducting a business mission to the UAE and the...

Autralian Telecoms Market to grow to $80 billion by 2020

2010-11-19 18:35:44 - Australia - Telecoms Industry - Statistics and Forecasts - a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com Market to grow to $80 billion by 2020 ; The Australian telecommunications industry is preparing itself for the National Broadband Network. While it...

Broadband network plan deadlocked

Dec 09, 2010 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Government's failure to make a final decision on the design of the national broadband network is expected to prevent Telstra from announcing a definitive agreement by...

Australia – Telecoms Market Analyses – NBN Transforms Telecoms Industry

This annual publication provides analysis on the telecoms market in 2010, forecasts, overview and discussion on: - National Broadband Network - International broadband and trans-sector activities - Mobile communications market - Mobile data - Smart grid infrastructure - Social networks - Broadcasting and pay TV NBN full steam ahead The industry is...

Australian Android war heats up between telcos

While it may be Winter in the land down under, Aussie telcos are heating it up with the launch of a whole bunch of sugary Android goodies.

Vodafone Australia prepares to launch Nexus One

Google's Nexus One is continuing its global sales tour, with Vodafone’s Australian branch - Vodafone Hutchinson Australia (VHA) - today announcing it is getting ready to sell the Google Nexus One in Australia, exclusively on Vodafone.

Telstra and Nokia Siemens Networks test LTE

Australian telco Telstra and equipment supplier Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) reveal they have achieved a world first in their quest to roll out LTE.

HTC Legend coming to Vodafone & 3 Australia

In the Android deprived country that is Oz, HTC and Vodafone Hutchinson Australia (VHA) - owner of the carriers Vodafone and 3 Australia - have revealed that the HTC Legend is set to arrive on their networks starting in June.