Motorola Wall Plate Comes With Wireless Capability Motorola has launched a new WallPlate access point (AP) designed to quickly extend 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) services to multi-room facilities, such as hotels or hospitals.
Conroy Announces 19 New Fibre Sites Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has today named 19 new sites that will get fibre broadband access.
Tasmanians Now Connected To NBN Internet broadband providers Internode and iPrimus have announced that they have successfully connected its first customers in Tasmania to the National Broadband Network.
Fibre Uptake Key To Telstra NBN Payments Telstra will only be paid for access to their current copper network, when consumers choose to switch to the new NBN Co fibre network Telstra CEO David Thodey has revealed.
Telstra LTE Test Reaches 100Mbps Telstra and Nokia Siemens Networks have reported reaching speeds of up to 100Mbps in its long-term evolution (LTE) technology.
Telstra Cuts $11B Deal With NBN Shares Set To Climb The Federal Government has thrown in the towel and signed an $11 billion dollar deal with Telstra that gives them access to the telecommunication carriers copper network, exchanges and other infrastructure needed to roll out the National Broadband Network's fibre network across Australia.
Telstra To Double Wireless Broadband Speeds Telstra will be doubling the data speeds over its Next G network later this year. The company also said that regional Australians will be among the first to experience and enjoy these new speeds.
Apple To Sell NetComm Pocket-Sized Wi-Fi Router Apple has scored an exclusive deal with Netcomm to launch a pocket-sized 3G wireless router. The company said that the new device can connect to an iPad, netbook/notebook, gaming console, and even smartphones wirelessly.
New 10Mbps Business Broadband By Telstra Telstra is now offering a new broadband service that provides businesses with upload and download speeds of up to 10Mbps.
Vodafone Offers Unlimited iPad Data Plan Vodafone and 3 Mobile have finally announced its data plans for the Apple iPad. Vodafone is set to offer an unlimited iPad pre-paid data plan for $49.95, while 3 will offer 4GB of data for $29.
Better Business Broadband Plans From Telstra Telstra has cut prices and simplified its business broadband plans in an attempt to offer better value to small and medium businesses (SMBs).
Internet Explorer 6 Like Old Milk Says Microsoft Microsoft Australia has released an online advisory that urges users to upgrade their Internet Explorer to the latest version. The company has compared Internet Explorer 6 to nine-year-old milk that you would not drink.
NBN Fibre Network Slammed By US Expert He Calls It Fibre Mae A leading US telecommunications expert has described the proposed National Broadband Network (NBN) as a “Fibre Mae” broadband policy that will fail like the Fannie Mae mortgage operation in the USA that is currently chasing $8.4 Billion from the US Government in handouts.
Skype Set To Trial Group Video Chats Internet communication company Skype whose service is now found on Samsung, LG and Panasonic TV's is planning a a public "beta" test of a group video chat function that lets up to five people participate in a video call simultaneously. The service that could be a big hit with business organisations looking to cut travel costs.
Download Here: National Broadband Report (NBN) Earlier today, the Federal Government released a report prepared by KPMG and McKinsey, outlining the problems and future opportunities that will be gained from the roll out of a new National Broadband Network in Australia.
NBN Problems If Gear Located in Telstra Exchanges, Says Report NBN REPORT: A new report prepared by KPMG and McKinsey for the federal government claims that the National Broadband Network will have problems if there is not a level playing field for retailers.
Optus Refreshes Broadband Plans Optus has launched its new range of Bundled Broadband (with home phone and/or mobile) and Naked plan range that claims to offer more data. The company will also continue to offer a 12-hour off-peak period to its users and remove excess usage fees on most of its plans.
Internode Slashes Fibre To Home Broadband Price Internode has slashed the price of its Fibre To The Home broadband plan but will now count both downloaded and uploaded data in monthly quotas.
New Homes To Have Superfast Broadband The Australian Government has introduced a legislation today to ensure that new homes were connected with the infrastructure to deliver superfast broadband.
Telstra Launches An HD Version Of Skype Just as Panasonic, Samsung and LG get ready to launch Skype enabled TVs that have been described as ideal for boardrooms as well as the home, Telstra has rolled out a new HD video service.
Telstra Overhauls Business Mobile Broadband After slashing its mobile broadband plans for consumers, Telstra has announced its new business mobile broadband prices and new Acer notebook bundles.
Telstra 42Mbps Mobile Broadband Coming In 2010 Telstra announced that its new HSPA+ Dual Carrier technology is now being tested outside of laboratories and is experiencing download speeds of up to 40 Mbps. The company is expecting this service to be available to customers in late 2010.
ISP Filtering May Block Important Sites The Federal Government plans for mandatory internet filtering may see a wide range of material disappearing from Australian computer screens, according to a report published today.
Telstra Supports ISP Filtering Telstra has responded to the government’s announcement of new online safety measures, with the company saying that blocking URLs on a blacklist is feasible and practical to implement, without noticeable impact on network performance.
Tethering Now On Telstra iPhone Telstra announced that tethering on the Apple iPhone is now available for its customers. This means that users can now use their iPhone as a modem.
Cables Laid Out For National Broadband Network The government announced that 6000 kilometres of cables will be laid out on mainland Australia that will act as the ‘building blocks’ of the National Broadband Network.
Ericsson Router Shares Mobile Broadband Forget about USB dongles for your wireless broadband, the Ericsson W35 allows you to connect multiple devices via Ethernet and/or Wi-Fi simultaneously, share a printer or storage device, make calls, and even receive fax.
Fastest Wireless Broadband Gateway Revealed Telstra has announced its fastest wireless broadband gateway that claims to deliver download speeds of up to 8Mbps. It has four Ethernet ports, Wi-Fi, and two USB ports used for printer or hard drive sharing.
New NBN Directors Revealed The Rudd Government has appointed five 'expertly qualified and experienced' individuals to the board of its National Broadband Network company.
Banking Scams Anger Consumers Users are heading to blogs, forums, and discussion boards to express their banking frustrations.
Surprise Surprise The ACCC Wants To Seperate Telstra A long time foe of Telstra the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is calling for the structural seperation of Telstra in a submission to the Federal Government.
NRL & ARL Join Forces To Barrack For Telstra On The NBN In a joint submission the ARL and the NRL have gone into bat for Telstra in a submission that claims that Telstra should be allowed to become a media Company operating on the new National Broadband Network.
ACCC May Have Control Over Who Has Access To Telstra The Federal Government has released a Regulatory Reform discussion paper that includes the ACCC having veto over companies wanting access to Telstra and other networks.
Shares Rise As Telstra Dealt Back Into Broadband Bid Telstra shares rose nearly 5 per cent this morning after the telecom giant was let back into the building of a $43 billion dollar national broadband network by the Federal Government .
WiMax On Hold As Media ISP Struggles For Cash Wireless broadband provider Unwired is struggling to find the money for its planned national metropolitan WiMax network, according to Australian IT.
100Mbps Broadband Now A Real Option Within 24 Months Telstra is about to crank up its broadband network in an effort to offer Australians a blisteringly fast broadband network that could be running speeds of up to 100mbps in about 24 months versus a minimum of five to seven years for the federal government-backed broadband network which Telstra was excluded from today.
Soul Loses Their Mojo and $18.9 Million Struggling ISP SP Telemedia which operates Internet and telephone services in Australia under the Soul brand, has reported a net loss for the year to June 30 of $18.9 million. It was only 12 months ago after taking on bottom end ISP TPG whose services were popular with students that Soul were bragging as to how they were set to carve up the Australian broadband market.
Qantas Bans Mile High Porn Thrills Qantas been sucked into an American airlines porn row with the Aussie icon now banning live internet access on their A380 planes.
Google Releases First Patch For Chrome Google has issued an update for its new Chrome browser, following a critical security flaw found by Vietnamese security researchers.
Chrome Grabs 1% Of Browser Market In 24hrs Talk about hot chrome--Googles new Chrome browser has already grabbed 1% of the browser market in its first day, according to a Web metrics provider and a report in computerworld.com.
Viral Social Networks Infecting Business Users Viral networks and social sites such as MySpace and Facebook have created a fertile ground for predators, scammers and identity thieves, according to an Australian information security expert.
.Org Domain Passes The 7 Million Mark The Public Interest Registry, the registry behind the global .Org domain name, says that more than 7 million domain names are now registered as .Org, making it the third largest generic domain (after .com and .net).
Malware Invoices & Viral Packages Flooding SMB Inboxes Many small businesses wrongly believe that they're too insignificant to attract hackers and spend too little time on security but according to Secure Computing, since the beginning of July there are steady waves of mass-mailings hitting inboxes with fake invoices.
Google This--Rival Search Engine Launched Today According to AFP, in 2004 Google thought that engineer Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so good it bought the technology to upgrade its own system.
Filtered ISPs Make Senator Conroy Breathe Easy Only days after hundreds of Australian businesses are still trying to untangle themselves from the so-called UPS parcel virus, Federal Communications Senator Stephen Conroy has welcomed news “advances in filtering technology”.
