Communication - Smart Office

Optus Owners Borrow A Billion
As the days wind down to the November 26 deadline for the $9 billion National Broadband Network bids, Optus parent Singapore Telecommunications has announced new loans of about S$1.07 billion (A$1.09 billion) from banks in Singapore and Australia.

Optus And Vodaphone Get Edgy
The mobile phone sector was looking strong in Australia in the quarter ended September 30, despite the current global meltdown, with both Optus and Vodafone yesterday reporting signing up record numbers of new subscribers. But both operators who have been experiencing difficulties with their 3G wireless buildouts are sounding decidedly edgy on the outlook for the future.

Hot Samsung Smartphone Launched
Samsung has today launched its much awaited smartphone that claims to give users ‘everything’ they want in a mobile phone.

New Jabra Headset Cancels Out Noise
Jabra is offering a Bluetooth headset that will block out background noise, allowing users to converse with anyone just about anywhere.

HP enters Smartphone Market As The Going Gets Tough For RIM
Hewlett-Packard who have struggled in the past in the PDA market now believe that they can make a go of it in the phone market with the launch of a new Smartphone that will take them right up against the Apple 3G iPhone, the Blackberry and a host of offerings from the likes of Nokia, Sony Erriccson, Samsung and LG.

New Samsung Phone Gets Smart
Samsung has launched a smartphone that comes pre-installed with the latest Windows Mobile OS, Mobile Office, Direct Push E-mail, and over the air sync of PIMS for total access to files while on-the-go.

Aussies Love Their Mobile Phones Ahead Of The Amber Liquid
Sales of mobile phones are booming in Australia with one research Company describing us as being "In love" with the mobile gadgets ahead of a drop of the amber liquid.

HP iPaq Phone Takes On Apple iPhone
They use to own the old PDA market with their Compaq iPaq now Hewlett-Packard wants to take a stab at the Smart Phone market up against the likes of Nokia, Apple and Sony Ericcsson.

Mobile Phones On Planes Should Stay Banned Say Travellers
Four out of five air travellers say the introduction of mobile phones on aeroplanes would be a major distraction and they prefer them to be banned.

WiMax Alive And Doing Well Claims Unwired
WiMax is alive and well claims Seven Media owned ISP Unwired.

New Google Android Phone Exposed With Limitations
The new Google G1 Android phone which is set to take on Apple’s 3G iPhone has finally been unveiled in New York and will be shown for the first time next week in Australia.

Wireless Broadband Use Increases By 90 Percent
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), wireless technology increased by nearly 90% in six months, with over 809,000 subscribers at the end of June 2008, compared with 433,000 subscribers at the end of December 2007.

Vodafone Set To Be Number 2 Network At The Expense Of Optus
OPINION: Vodafone is a global data and telecommunications Company whom I predict will very soon become the #2 carrier in Australia at the expense of Optus.

911 Made The Blackberry Will Wall St Take It Down?
It was the crash of the World Trade Centre Towers in New York that turned the humble Blackberry mobile phone into a huge success. Now it could well be the crash of Wall Street firms that take it down.

Telstra Rolls Out Pre-Paid Mobile 3G
Telstra has rolled out its Next G wireless broadband Pre-Paid making mobile broadband flexible both by location and now price.

Optus 3G Network Stuffed Major Broadband Service Dropped
Optus who earlier this month were labelled as delivering the slowest 3G iPhone service in the world has been forced to dump their much heralded Fusion 3G broadband service due to capacity and congestion problems on their 3G network.

Will Tech Geek Turnbull Take On Broadband Debate?
New Liberal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnball knows a lot about technology, broadband and the business of an ISP after making a fortune selling Australian ISP Ozemail where he was a shareholder and director.

Blackberry Partners With Microsoft, MySpace & TiVo
Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has announced partnerships with Microsoft, MySpace and TiVo, saying it is working with these new partners to put their software on Blackberry smartphones.

New Nokia 3G Phone Next Week
Nokia Australia has named the launch date for its new 3G smartphone, the N96, as it seeks to regain some of the ground it has lost to new competitors like the Apple iPhone, Blackberry Bold and HTC Touch.

Lenovo & 3Com Go Back To School
Networking solutions provider 3Com Corporation, and PC maker Lenovo have won a tender with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) in Victoria to provide $550,000 worth of networking equipment and services.

Digital Radio Marketers Launch $10 Million Campaign
Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) this morning revealed their marketing plans for the launch of digital radio broadcasting early next year, and by all accounts, they have opted for a soft, step by step approach to get the DAB+ off the ground as effectively as possible.

Vodafone Launches New SMB Pricing Packs
Vodafone Australia has launched its new Business Caps, available to both single and multiple users. The Business Caps are available to business customers on all new smartphones, including the BlackBerry Bold and Nokia E71 smartphones, available to Australian customers from mid-September.

Terria Monopoly Plan A Dog Barks Telstra
As the announcement of the winner of the tender for the National Broadband Network (NBN) gets closer, its getting more and more nasty out there on telco street.

Sensis Whereis Navigator Now On Mobiles
Sensis, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telstra, has partnered with Garmin International and has released its Whereis Navigator service on selected Next G handsets, giving customers access to an all-in-one navigation facility on their mobile phone.

Nokia Market Share To Crash Says Gartner
Blackberry maker Research In Motion has almost doubled their share of the Smartphone market during the past 12 months according to research Company Gartner. they also claim that Nokia's market share is set to slide.

Ericsson & Nokia Increase Global Network Share
According to Infonetics Research, worldwide sales of radio access network (RAN) equipment hit to $US10.2 billion, after Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks each increased their worldwide revenue by 5%, reinforcing their strong number 1 and number 2 positions respectively, in a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Its Business As Usual Says Crazy Johns CEO
After yesterday’s announcement of the impending acquisition of Crazy John’s by Vodafone, it looks like it’s a case of same ole’ same ole, according to the mobile resellers CEO Brendan Fleiter.

Vodafone Makes Crazy Decision
Vodafone Australia today announced that it has reached agreement to acquire from Patricia Ilhan, her major stake in mobile phone retailer Crazy John’s, for between $150 and $200 million.

Senator Conroy Reveals NBN Closing Date
The Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has said 26 November 2008 is the closing date for the submission of National Broadband Network proposals.

Mobile Phone & Barcode Scanner Combo From Motorola
The CA50 enables companies to extend the benefits of integrated mobile voice and data to task and service-oriented workers inside your four walls — quickly, easily and cost-effectively.

Symbian Sold To Nokia, But OS Questions Remain
Nokia has confirmed that Samsung Electronics has accepted Nokia's offer to buy out its stake in software firm Symbian.

Telstra Spurt Venom At Competitor
After taking a massive swipe at Optus last week Telstra is at it again this time they are snapping at the ankles of Terra a consortium of 8 telecommunication Companies who are bidding along with Telstra for billions in Federal Government funding to build a (NBN) National Broadband Network.

Vodafone Add Additional Software To Blackberry Bold
Vodafone Australia has confirmed that it will launch the BlackBerry Bold with the latest software starting mid-September. This news comes a week after Telstra’s announcement that it is the first Australian telco to release the Bold to business users.

LG Continues Its Fashion Stakes With Prada II
When LG released the touchscreen Prada phone over a year ago, many local fashionistas finally took notice of the Korean company, a fact that LG itself has been exploiting by marketing its phones on the back of the success of shows such as Sex in The City.

Optus Lied Say Telstra Following Network Crash
Optus, the Singapore owned telecommunication Company that was dumped by the Federal Government earlier this year in the 'Opel' broadband saga, has been accused of lying by Telstra following major problems with their network in Queensland.

Unwired Boss Talks About Seven Optus and Vodafone
The boss of the Seven Media owned Unwired, David Spence, has said that he is not “fazed” by the entry of Optus and Vodaphone into Wi Max wireless market. He even went as far as describing their networks as being “skinny” and lacking in spectrum.

Telstra Makes Bold Move With BlackBerry
Telstra today became the first Australian carrier to begin distributing the BlackBerry Bold smartphone to business customers on its Next G network.

Telstra First To Distribute Blackberry Bold In Oz
Telstra is set to be the first company to provide business users with the new Blackberry model. According to the company, its first shipment of BlackBerry Bold smartphones arrived in Australia over the weekend, flown in especially from Europe to meet high demand from customers.

LG Touchscreen Phones Prove Popular
LG Electronics, has over taken Samsung to snare the #2 spot in the US mobile phone market. The gains have come due to the popularity of new touchscreen technology.

Commander Goes Belly Up $350M In Debt
After struggling for 18 months to sell the business Commander Communications has been placed into administration with debts of over $350M. The former Telstra subsidary is expected to be sold.

Broadband Suppliers Given Two Weeks To Respond To Feds
The Federal Government has spelt out the precise information that Telstra and other carriers must provide to potential bidders for its $4.7 billion National Broadband Network funding and given them two weeks to provide the information.

Touch Diamond Mobile Set To Hit A Million Units
HTC who rolled out their new Touch Diamond phone this week in partnership with Telstra have told DigiTimes that they expect to be hitting a million units a month by mid August.

Senator Conroy Happy About Mobile Market
For all those whingers and whiners out there constantly complaining about the state of the mobile and broadband markets in this country, let it be known that the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy thinks that things are pretty rosy at the moment.

WiMAX Growth Set To Fill The Need For Speed
Broadband wireless access technology WiMAX, is set to gather strong momentum in the Asia Pacific region with WiMAX services revenues estimated to grow from US$58 million in 2007 to $5.46 billion by 2012, according to the latest report by IT research company Springboard Research---a compounded annual growth rate of 148 per cent for that period.

Telstra Jumps The Gun With Problematic BlackBerry
Telstra has jumped the gun on today's official launch of the new 3G Blackberry Bold, announcing it will be offering the new BlackBerry Bold smartphone for $0 upfront to business customers from late September.

Like A Tiger--Nokia Joins Paws For Big Pussy
According to reports from the Business Standard, Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia has joined paws, err, hands with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and an Indian state government, in support that countrys tiger conservation initiative.

Australians Want More Wireless Says Optus
Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks and wireless broadband are assuming greater strategic importance as organisations look to leverage their IP investments to enable greater productivity, flexibility and collaboration, according to the 2008 Optus IP Index released recently.

Are Mobile Phones The New Cigarettes?
There has been a raging debate for some time as to whether mobile phones or more specifically the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) that they emit, increase the phone users cancer risk.

Telstra Unleashes Next G Mobile Router At A Turbo Price
Telstra has launched what it is calling a turbo-powered office with its new high-speed Wi-Fi gateway and Ethernet router to enable multiple users access mobile broadband simultaneously.

Conroy to Telcos: Play Fair Or Risk Intervention
Speaking in Sydney at the Australian Communications and Media Authority & Communications Alliance Consumer Dialogue, Federal Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy said that internet providers must play by the rules or they risk federal government intervention.