Optus launches 4G TD-LTE trials in Canberra
Optus plans to go multi-band and hit 70% of Australian Metro by the mid 2014. But what happens to existing devices?
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Telstra, Optus and TPG splash nearly $2 billion on spectrum [Updated]
The results of the digital dividend auction have been released, with the spectrum previously allocated for analogue TV broadcasts being sliced up between Telstra, Optus and TPG. Update: Comments from Telstra, Optus, and what happens to the unsold spectrum.
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Cavalcade of… stuff
I write a lot most of the time. Then there are the weeks where I write so much, if I didn’t know I was me, I’d accuse myself of being a small army of Bolivian Word Midgets. This is clearly one of them.
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Apple Taxes, Femtocell Traps and Boomblasters
I ponder the price of tech, check the fine print for femtos and finally (and some might say inevitably) go deaf shaking the room…
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Disco Ball Laptops And Mobile Broadband Revisited
A laptop that’s almost too shiny to look at, and a Mobile Broadband test resurfaces online.
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Wireless, Printers, Mice, Keyboards, Phones, Fights & Additional Awesome
Another week kicks off, and with it a fresh menu of delicately prepared articles. Today, Chef Alex recommends: At PC & Tech Authority, one part of the massive mobile broadband feature I’ve mentioned previously has gone up, detailing Optus’ test results: Optus wireless broadband reviewed: “Optus’ network performance remains impressive, but…” At CNET.com.au, an inexpensive
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Browser Wars, MVNOs And The Curse Of The USB Key…
Where the heck did the year go? Oh. That’s right. Working. Slaving away at the nouns and the verbs, twisting them to my will. For example, at CNET, I’ve just given the major browsers a good old fashioned going-over. Browser battles: IE vs. Firefox vs. Chrome vs. Opera vs. Safari “We’ve taken a look at
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Useless USB drives, Terrifying Terabytes, Killer Couch Potatoes And… Lapdances?
It’s all in a day’s work for an in-demand technology journalist, really. You should see what it’s like around here when I get really busy.* First up, CNET.com.au has a review of a nice product that doesn’t seem to have a particular niche in mind. Hitachi LifeStudio Mobile Plus: “Hitachi’s Mobile LifeStudio has an interesting
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Surfing the data waves
Today, it’s all about data, data, data and waves. First up at Hydrapinion, I opined about the odd nature of Optus’ latest data promotion: Hydrapinion: Half price data pricing makes half as much sense: “I mean, really, which sounds better to you — the ‘fake’ 4 to 8c per MB, or the actual 0.5-1c per
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Data ain't data…
That’s broadband data, that is. Not so much Brent Spiner, if you know what I mean. In this case, another analysis of broadband plans article for PC Authority, looking at this week’s announcement by Optus of “off-peak” mobile broadband plans: Optus launches off-peak Mobile Broadband – but is it good value? “We crunch the numbers