Economic slowdown and financial uncertainty may be sweeping the US and much of the western world _ but the PC and CE industry remains on course for solid growth over the next five years, according to research groups IDC and GFK.
Anti Telstra campaigner Paul Budde, who also parades as a telecommunication analyst, is at it again. This time he claims that The Federal Government should drop its 98 percent fibre-to-the node target for the National Broadband Network and start allowing for wireless broadband for the last 5-10 percent of that target.
A contractor who cut through an Optus fibre optic cable on the Gold Coast could end up being sued for millions by Optus who are facing major payouts to business customers affected by this week's loss of mobile, landline and Internet services in Queensland.
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.
Several distributors in partnership with custom installers are set to bid for contracts to fit out Australian schools with a new generation of presentation gear spanning projectors, mounts and screens and intelligent whiteboards, following a new round of funding from the Federal Government.
Communications and IT Minister Helen Coonan has taken solace - and a few political points - in new OECD figures that place Australia's broadband speeds ninth in the world in October.
In a desperate effort to grab market share and justify itself as a viable brand in the navigation marketplace, Mio has rolled out several new models and done what most struggling brands do -slash prices.
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.
Economic slowdown and financial uncertainty may be sweeping the US and much of the western world _ but the PC and CE industry remains on course for solid growth over the next five years, according to research groups IDC and GFK.
Anti Telstra campaigner Paul Budde, who also parades as a telecommunication analyst, is at it again. This time he claims that The Federal Government should drop its 98 percent fibre-to-the node target for the National Broadband Network and start allowing for wireless broadband for the last 5-10 percent of that target.