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Telstra considering voluntary breakup to beat government threats

Australian telco Telstra is considering a voluntary separation of its wholesale and retail divisions, as well as the sale of some assets to the Australian government's next generation network (NGN)

Telcos Down Under await nat'l broadband network award

The Australian government will announce this week the winners of a bid to construct a multi-billion dollar national broadband network (NBN) for the country. Telstra, Australia's largest phone

Telstra sued over access to copper; will breakup be next?

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is suing Telstra for allegedly blocking access to its copper wire network. It's a step that observers think will be the justification the

Australia's Telstra launches HSPA+

Australia's Telstra last week announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it is the first in the world to offer mobile broadband service with peak rates of 21 Mbps made possible through

New Zealand Telecom's biggest problems

Down in Kiwi-Land, a columnist for The National Business Review takes a look at the five biggest headaches the incumbent phone company faces today, along with suggestions on how to solve them. Chris

Telstra gets the boot out of multi-billion Australia broadband project

Australia's newspapers are aflame over Telstra's disqualification for participation in the country's $6.7 to $10 billion (US) national broadband network project. Australia's broadband minister said

Sierra Wireless announces plans for HSPA+ modems

Sierra Wireless announced it is working with Australia's Telstra, Qualcomm and Ericsson to deliver the first HSPA+ devices capable of peak download speeds of 21 mbps, which is three times faster than

Sony Pictures offers $232 million for 2waytraffic

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a $232 million cash offer to acquire Dutch firm 2waytraffic, which creates, produces, licenses and distributes interactive entertainment content across

Telstra UGC site slammed for racy content

Australia's Communications and Media Authority is investigating mobile operator Telstra's video sharing site WotNext on charges it was selling amateur adult video clips for $1 each. Communications

Telcogames acquires Viva La Mobile

Mobile games publisher and distributor Telcogames announced its acquisition of Australian multiplayer games developer Viva La Mobile. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Viva La Mobile's