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Latest Telecoms News from Australia
SingTel Mulls Sale of Stake in Australia's Optus
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is reported to be considering the sale of a minority stake in its Australian subsidiary, Optus. The move could raise between US$4 billion and US$5 billion, ...
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Telstra updates strategy, confirms financial guidance
Australia's Telstra has confirmed its financial guidance for 2009/10 and detailed how the company would grow its core business by improving customer service and taking advantage of recent technology upgrades....
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Motorola Wins WiMAX Based Smart Metering Contract
Motorola says that it has won a contract to supply the first WiMAX based smart metering hardware. The contract has been awarded by the Australian energy utility, SP AusNet, covering around 680,000 customers in Victoria....
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Australian Regulator Consults on Blocking Unwanted Premium-Rate SMS
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is seeking feedback on its proposed new rules for blocking unwanted high-cost services delivered to mobile phones. The ACMA released a consultation paper last month, which sets out the proposed rules....
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Airspan to Expand Australian WiMAX Network
Australian WiMAX network operator, BigAir Group is expanding its network after signing a supply contract with Airspan Networks....
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Australian Smart Phone Market Soars 29% in First Half 2009
IDC's latest Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker results found that Australian converged device (smartphone) shipments surged 29% year-on-year (Y/Y) in the first half of 2009, with data-centric converged devices (those with a touchscreen or QWERTY keyboard) up 235% Y/Y....
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Australian Regulator Consults on Boosting Rural Mobile Coverage
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is seeking feedback from industry and interested parties to a proposal to make further spectrum in the 2 GHz band available for mobile telecommunications services in regional and remote areas of Australia....
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Telcos warned about mobile, wireless internet speed advertising
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued an advisory paper to the country's telecoms operators for use when advertising mobile and wireless internet....
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DragonWave Wins WiMAX Backhaul Contract in Australia
Australian WiMAX network operator, Unwired Australia has contracted with DragonWave to supply wireless backhaul for its forthcoming Vivid Wireless Perth network. ...
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Vodafone-Hutchison Joint Venture to Cut 450 Jobs in Australia
The recently merged Vodafone Australia / Hutchison Telecom joint venture has announced the closure of its call center in Melbourne and the outsourcing of the jobs to India and Tasmania....
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