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  • Unwired picked for Sydney free Wi-Fi scheme?

    The NSW Department of Commerce has today come a step closer to selecting a provider to implement its plan to blanket Sydney's CBD with free Wi-Fi, with rumours surfacing that Unwired is now the leading contender.

  • Sydney's demand for wireless broadband boosts Unwired

    Wireless broadband provider Unwired signed up almost 6,000 new subscribers over the past two months, which the company said was its best performance since its launch last year.

  • NSW calls for free Wi-Fi builders

    update: The New South Wales government has called for expressions of interest from industry groups to build and operate its planned free Wi-Fi broadband network.

  • Iemma: NSW CBDs will get free Wi-Fi

    Central business districts of key cities in New South Wales will get free Wi-Fi broadband within the next three years, under a plan announced today by the state's premier Morris Iemma.

  • Cheap Wi-Fi networks down under

    If you listened to all the spin over the past year you could have been forgiven for predicting the eventual death of the humble Wi-Fi hotspot.

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    The horror of random connections

    If you're one of those people who likes to complain whenever their Wi-Fi connection even temporarily flickers, then being forced to use older connectivity technologies is a useful reminder of how much we have to be intermittently grateful for.

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    It seemed like a good idea at the time

    Last week, I lamented the growing tendency to slam perfectly valid technologies as unsuitable for new uses, just because they prove to be unsuited for applications for which they are inherently unsuited.

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    Fibre isn't for everyone

    Just a few days after the Australia Connected program was launched Communications Minister Helen Coonan was selling the initiative to the TV talk shows.

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  • Australia a step closer to WiMAX

    Wireless broadband users in Australia could enjoy maximum surfing speeds of 75 megabits per second by mid-2006, analysts say.

  • What's next for wireless?

    The frequency is changing from wired working to a wireless world. Can this new wave of technology help you gain the cutting edge?

  • Finding the perfect teleworking tools

    Technology is allowing workers to stay in contact no matter where they are. How do you choose the right combination of hardware, software, data transport, and voice transport, then secure the whole lot and make sure your organisation is set up to take advantage?

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  • Intel drops 3G from Centrino

    Intel has confirmed that it has pulled the plug on all plans to add 3G to its Centrino notebook platform. From now on, says the chipmaker, it's WiMAX all the way.

  • What's next for wireless

    The frequency is changing from wired working to a wireless world. Can this new wave of technology help you gain the cutting edge?

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