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Operation NBN: Take-Up Needs Major Kick Start, Report Warns

Staff Writers August 26, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge And high hopes for NBN Labor certainly have. Minister for Broadband, Steven Conroy’s ‘National Digital Economy Strategy’ released in May expressed the Government’s aim that ‘by 2020, Australia…

Conroy: Oz Loves NBN & Scrambling To Get Connected

Staff Writers August 19, 2011 No Comments

In fact, recent calls by Coalition Member for Brisbane, Teresa Gambaro, that the broadband network should have been rolled out in her area “is proof that the people of Australia…

Internode Price Rise: Telstra Squeeze AND Customers Blamed

Staff Writers August 19, 2011 No Comments

“Since mid 2010, a powerful monopoly service supplier (i.e. Telstra) has been engaging in a ‘price squeeze’…which is more intense in the last few months.” Accordingly the Adelaide based ISP has…

NBN Contracts NetComm To Bring Satellite Rural BroadBand

Staff Writers August 18, 2011 No Comments

David Stewart, NetComm’s Managing Director said “NetComm will provide fixed-wireless LTE devices to connect premises to the NBN Co’s LTE broadband network with a three year window to complete, commencing…

Hello, Telstra? Telco Unleash Live Facebook Chat

Staff Writers August 18, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge If Twitter wasn’t enough now Telstra have gone one step further with round the clock Facebook chat. And if you think David Thodey’s Telco has gone barmy,…

Kenwood Not Alone In Bluetooth Pairing Drama Parrot Gear Blamed

David Richards August 17, 2011 No Comments

Earlier this week we revealed how Kenwood dealers had taken a complaint to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission claiming that Kenwood should be compensating them for fitting and removal…

We’re Back: Telstra Bouncy As Adds 1.6M Users, Leaves Optus For Dust

Staff Writers August 11, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge The earnings decline of $696 million to $10.1bn – a 6.4% drop – was “slightly better” than expectations, owing to productivity gains and a revenue spurt. Sales…

Optus ‘Resilient’ Despite 5% Profit Slump, Losing 85K Customers

Staff Writers August 11, 2011 No Comments

Optus financial highlights for the current quarter to the end of June include earnings before tax (EBITDA) up 1% to $560 million, and underlying net profit A$174 million – a…

Tough Love: Telstra Users Boost But H2 Profits Set To Slide

Staff Writers August 10, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge Telstra’s makeover strategy, first unleashed last year, included treating the customer to round the clock service (only today it took to Twitter to remind users of this),…

Protect Us: Conroy Forces Telcos To Up Customer Service Or Face $2M Fine

Staff Writers August 9, 2011 No Comments

The new rules, announced by Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, will make “larger” carriers (CSPs) like Telstra, Optus and Vodafone improve the quality of services they provide. In other…