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T-Mobile, EMI test ad-supported video service

Mobile operator teams with European record label for service that lets consumers watch music videos on cell phones.

September 11, 2006 by Marguerite Reardon

Net telephony's mainstream struggle

BellSouth's director of Converged Services, Steve Zimba, told attendees at the VON conference in San Jose that many residential customers are still wary of VoIP. CNET News.com reporter Marguerite Reardon asked if VoIP is merely a defensive tool for the telcos.

March 17, 2006 by ZDNet Staff

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Samsung replicates 'Matrix' phone

CNET's Brian Cooley and Joni Blecher, senior editor, CNET Reviews, checks out the Samsung SPH-N270, a replica of the mobile phone used in the new film "The Matrix: Reloaded."

May 16, 2003 by ZDNet Staff

Trujillo dismisses 3G price war

Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo today said price cuts by competitors on third-generation mobile services were irrelevant to his company."There is no company in Australia that has the coverage, quality, capability and services that's even close, so I don't compare our pricing to others' pricing," Trujillo told reporters this morning as he outlined a new relationship with the Australian Rail Track Corporation.

April 2, 2007 by Renai LeMay

Telstra to build US fibre link

The nation's largest telco Telstra today said it would build a new submarine fibre telecommunications cable between Australia and Hawaii.The cable will provide extra capacity for the increasing amount of international Internet traffic required by Australia's growing number of home and business broadband users, according to a statement issued by Telstra this afternoon.

March 27, 2007 by Renai LeMay

Telstra creates rail network

update Telstra today announced it had signed an AU$85 million deal with the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to develop a new communications system for the group's national rail network.ARTC was created in the late 1990s, after federal and state governments agreed on the need for a single entity to control access to the nation's interstate rail network.

April 2, 2007 by Renai LeMay

T-Mobile: Hacker had limited access

Wireless carrier denies that a recent hacker had the run of its system, saying only 400 customers had their information accessed.

January 12, 2005 by Robert Lemos

Bank helps out G9 fibre proposal

Telstra's major rivals have moved a step closer to bringing their rival fibre broadband plan to fruition, enlisting the help of an international banking group to help with the process. The group of telcos known as the G9 -- Optus, Telecom NZ (AAPT/PowerTel), iiNet, Macquarie Telecom, Internode, Primus, Soul and TransACT -- are currently putting together a proposal to build a national fibre to the node (FTTN) broadband network.

February 20, 2007 by Renai LeMay

Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos

The issue of immunity for telecommunications companies who cooperate with warrantless wiretaps is at the center of a looming showdown in Congress. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 10-9 a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that doesn't include immunity, the New York Times reports.

November 15, 2007 by Richard Koman

ACCC lifts Telstra competition notice

update The national competition regulator has revoked a notice it issued to Telstra last April for a controversial price increase on the telco's wholesale line rental services it provides to competitors, due to new regulatory changes.

March 1, 2007 by Renai LeMay

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