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Industry body Communications Alliance has comissioned a study to determine the state of IPv6 adoption in Australia and how it poses challenges to business. Read more »

Telstra has openly criticised competitor Terria for its "monopolist" NBN plan. Read more »

Australia's Minister for Broadband has set the deadline for National Broadband Network proposals for 26 November 2008. Read more »

A new agreement hatched by 3 to allow users to roam onto Telstra's Next G network will save 3 from being squeezed out of the mobile market, analysts say. Read more »

Yorke Peninsula, in South Australia, has become the first region in Australia to feature region-wide WiMAX connectivity. Read more »

Australia is being left behind in the broadband race, with the country still debating a fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network while the rest of the world is already planning for fibre-to-the-home (FTTH). Read more »

As part of a new $1 million initiative, CSIRO will collaborate with several other government departments to produce a new technology to work where traditional GPS systems cannot. Read more »

A new ruling from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) requires Telstra to report on third-party access to its exchanges. Read more »

Australians could soon experience internet speeds of one terabit per second, thanks to an innovation by scientists from the University of Sydney. Read more »

International satellite communications provider Vizada will now supply its Thuraya services to the Australian market. Read more »

Huawei and Optus are working on a 'Mobile Innovation Centre' to develop new mobile broadband technologies. Read more »

Optus has announced a $315 million plan to extend its mobile network to cover 98% of the Australian population. Read more »

The ACCC is proposing to set Telstra free from its existing wholesale voice obligations, which will improve market competition, the commission says. Read more »

According to a Butler Group study released today, existing communications infrastructure is not sufficient for unified communications and collaboration. Read more »

Cisco intends to run several training and research programs with help from the Chinese government. Read more »

Australia's CDMA mobile network will cease operations on 28 April — less than two weeks from today. Read more »

The Federal Government has released the details of its proposed ‘National Broadband Network', requesting comments from interested parties. Read more »

Telstra has completed its previously announced rollout of ADSL2+ upgrades to 907 exchanges around Australia, approximately four months ahead of schedule. Read more »

The University of New England is working with Telstra to develop wireless cameras that can be controlled and monitored via the internet. Read more »

The functional separation of Telecom NZ marks a new era for telecommunications in the country, says the company’s CEO Paul Reynolds. Read more »