Tag: rural

Oddware

RFID tags track harvested kangaroos

Liz Tay Feb 24, 2010

To meet international demands.

Networking

Vodafone completes 3G network expansion

Aug 31, 2009

Only eight months late.

Strategy

US mulls $6bn broadband commitment

Shaun Nichols Jan 16, 2009

The US House of Representatives is considering a plan to invest US$6bn in expanding the nation's broadband internet system.

Telco/ISP

Telstra customers pay for local presence plan

Jan 9, 2009

Telstra has opened for public comment its latest regional and rural presence plan but said customers would wear the cost of it preparing the ‘unnecessary’ document.

Networking

IBM returns to broadband over power line market

Shaun Nichols Nov 17, 2008

IBM is once again planning to set up a broadband over power line (BPL) system in the US.

Telco/ISP

Vodafone selects Ericsson for metropolitan and rural broadband rollout

Mar 6, 2008

Vodafone Australia has appointed Ericsson as its hardware and software vendor to support Vodafone’s national mobile broadband rollout, based on High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) ...

Telco/ISP

Labor's Australian Broadband Guarantee committments brought into question

Lilia Guan Feb 29, 2008

NewSat’s announcement that its application for an Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) license was put on hold by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital ...

Telco/ISP

NewSat's satellite access for rural areas put on hold

Lilia Guan Feb 27, 2008

Australian satellite and Internet service provider, NewSat Limited, has had its application for an Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) license put on hold by the Department of ...

Security

ID theft soars in rural US

Robert Jaques Aug 3, 2007

ID thieves are increasingly targeting US individuals living in rural communities, new research warns.

Networking

Intel boffins showcase rural Wi-Fi

Shaun Nichols Mar 27, 2007

Chipmaker teams up with university researchers on third-world connectivity.

Networking

WA reseller Comdek escapes closure

Byron Connolly Jul 8, 2005

An application to wind up ASX-listed IT solution provider Comdek was dismissed this week by the Western Australia Supreme Court.

Telco/ISP

Telstra moves to connect rural Aust

Nirmal Chandrasena Jan 28, 2004

Telco/ISP

Rural NSW broadband trial seeks SPs

Jan 21, 2004

Consultancy Badja Interconnect has called for service providers and user groups to contribute to a rural broadband access trial scheduled for April in north-eastern NSW.