Both the Labor and Greens parties this afternoon opened fire on the Coalition’s rival broadband policy revealed this morning, in an ICT sector election debate that at times saw Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and his shadow Tony Smith at each others’ throats.
Vodafone (VHA) has cut the price of its prepaid mobile broadband starter pack from $79 to $49, including 1GB of data.
Liberal MPs Malcolm Turnbull and Paul Fletcher flayed Labor’s mandatory internet filter project at an anti-filter forum held by the former Opposition Leader on August 7 in Sydney, where not a single voice was raised in praise of the controversial policy and Turnbull claimed the idea was now in the past
High-profile Liberal MP, Malcolm Turnbull, has slammed Labor’s National Broadband Network Policy in impassioned comments to a Sydney audience, describing it as “a gigantic torching of taxpayers’ money” and claiming most of Australia doesn’t want 100Mbps fibre internet.
Reactions to Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey's startling revelation last night that the Coalition would vote against Labor's mandatory internet filtering policy - likely dooming it to fail - continued to roll in this morning, including one from outspoken filter opponent and Exetel chief, John Linton.
The Australian Christian Lobby has slammed as "incomprehensible" a revelation by Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey late yesterday that the Coalition would vote against Labor's controversial mandatory internet filtering project if associated legislation made it into parliament.
For Australia's technology sector, watching the Federal Election so far has been akin to watching paint dry ... on an outback dunny belonging to a rural cottage in Cobar. The day after the Boxing Day test finishes. In the midst of a national beer shortage.
SingTel subsidiary Optus has released a range of revamped mobile broadband plans, promising better value during peak times as well as off-peak data allowances.
BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion, has announced its new Torch 9800 handset and BlackBerry 6 operating system - unveiled overnight in the US - will be available through all of Australia's major mobile telcos.
Federal Liberal MP Jamie Briggs doesn’t respond like your typical conservative politician when you ask him about his attitudes towards technology.
Optus has completed a substantial upgrade of its HFC cable network in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney that will allow residents in supported areas access to speeds ranging up to around 80Mbps or more, using the improved DOCSIS 3 standard.
Japanese printing giant Fuji Xerox has bought out Australian managed printing services company Upstream Print Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
Shortly after former Alcatel-Lucent executive Mike Quigley stepped on board as the first employee and leader of the National Broadband Network Company in mid-2009, a new term entered the lexicon of Australia's telecommunications sector: 'Retail service provider' or RSP.
The Victorian State Government has unveiled a program where 500 iPads will be delivered to a number of hospitals in the state, as the Brumby Labor government continues to show a great deal of interest in the Apple platform.
Telstra has tweaked its launch plans for the iPhone 4 device and other smartphones.
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By Adam LePeilbet, Senior Director & General Manager, Data Centre Sales, Dell Technologies, ANZ
