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As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald Kogan Technologies, a small Australian discount electronics manufacturer, has announced it will launch a $199 handset by December 15th. Details are a little thin on the ground, but owner Rusian Kogan told the Herald:
…[the] phone would look similar to the iPhone in that it would be a touch-screen [...]
MIR reader, Steve, had what we mobile industry watchers call ‘bill shock’ recently.
He bought a 3 pay monthly deal for £25/month from 3 UK a little while ago. That’s been serving him well as he’s taken a tour around Australia for a few months and has been, obviously, roaming on 3 Australia.
All was good [...]
It has been reported that Comtel, an Australian telecom firm is to launch SMSpup: Mobile, an MNVO offering subsidised tariffs in return for adverts.
Unlike Blyk the service is not completely free, and that they will receive around a 65% discount on pre-paid tariffs.
Similar to Blyk customers who “opt-in” will receive MMS and SMS messages complete [...]
What is it about Aussies and the need for speed? A second Australian mobile operator has come out and promised a 42Mbps in the next couple of years. Hot on the heels of incumbent Telstra, Optus has now promised a super speedy mobile network by the middle of 2010.
However, neither Telstra nor Optus has discussed [...]
According to Aussie reports, cops in New South Wales are asking the public to submit photos or videos of crimes captured on cameraphones to the police to help them with their investigations. Users will then be able to upload the footage to the police over the internet.
Apparently, the move was inspired by the London bombings [...]
Since the iPhone was first announced, Australia has been asking ‘when are we going to get it?’ While the country is no closer to finding out the answer to that question, it has discovered that a deal tying the device to a single operator would be illegal under the Aussie Trade Practices Act, according to [...]
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