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Article | 11/02/2010 Telstra selling 3G-ready Acer notebooks
Telstra has announced a partnership with Acer to sell notebooks with built-in mobile broadband to business customers. Available on monthly plans, the ...
Article | 8/02/2010 Mobile traffic helps push up optical demand
Demand for high-speed links to cell sites and homes will rejuvenate sales of optical network equipment this year and help to create a US$16.6 billion ...
Article | 27/01/2010 LTE delivers faster speeds after new tests, says analyst
More extensive tests show that TeliaSonera's LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network can deliver faster speeds, up to 45Mbps (megabits per second), than pre...
Article | 20/01/2010 Scandinavian operator gets ready for HSPA at 42 Mbps
Mobile operator 3 Scandinavia on Wednesday signed a deal with Ericsson to roll out broadband at 42 Mbps and then 84 Mbps in its Swedish and Danish 3G ...
Article | 14/01/2010 Telstra revamps wireless broadband plans, abolishes excess usage charges
Telstra has announced new wireless broadband plans with higher data allowances and the end of excess usage charges. The new BigPond plans will be avai...
Article | 18/12/2009 Ericsson demos HSPA at 42 Mbps
Ericsson has demonstrated one part of the technology that will make speeds of up to 42 Mbps (bits per second) possible in 3G networks. However, a lot ...
Article | 15/12/2009 TeliaSonera launches first commercial LTE services
Mobile operator TeliaSonera has launched the world's first commercial LTE (Long-Term Evolution) networks, in the central parts of Stockholm and Oslo, ...
Article | 27/11/2009 Twitter gets mobile phone users to surf the web
Micro-blogging site Twitter is having a positive effect on the number of consumers using their mobile phone to access the web, says Novarra.
Article | 14/10/2009 75 per cent of mobile broadband users in the UK unhappy with speed
More than three quarters of mobile broadband users in the UK are not satisfied with the speeds provided by their service providers, says <a href="http...
Article | 13/10/2009 Virgin Mobile unveils battery-powered, mobile Wi-Fi 3G modem
Virgin Mobile has launched a Wi-Fi modem claiming to be Australia’s first battery-powered mobile 3G wireless modem router with Wi-Fi access.
Article | 2/09/2009 Perth joins Adelaide with $50m WiMax network
Following last month’s news that Adelaide will get a $3 million WiMax mobile broadband network, the Seven Network has announced plans to build a $50 m...
Article | 31/08/2009 Vodafone expands 3G network
Vodafone Australia announced the expansion of its 3G network today, claiming it now covers 94 per cent of Australia's population.
Article | 27/08/2009 Vodafone launches 14Mbps mobile broadband in the UK
Vodafone has upgraded its 3G network in the UK and claims mobile broadband users in some areas can now access the web at a theoretical maximum of 14.4...
Article | 13/08/2009 Australia the pricey country for mobile broadband: OECD
Mobile broadband users in Australia pay more than in any other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country according to a new...
Article | 11/08/2009 Samsung offers NC10 netbook with Optus wireless broadband
Samsung has announced an exclusive deal with Optus for the local launch of its new NC10 netbook.