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    1. Telefonica touts new free VoIP app to cut off rival Skype

      Explore The Register (May 9 2012) IP Telephony

      Telco bets future of mobile on TU Me Telefonica, owner of the O2 brand, has launched VoIP service TU Me across all its territories, and for all punters with an iPhone, as the telco bets on the future direction of mobile use.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Telefonica   Vodafone   Bill Ray Get

    2. Australia 'needs' powers to ensure net neutrality

      Explore The Register (Apr 30 2012) IP Telephony

      Australia 'needs' powers to ensure net neutrality Review suggests new regulatory body, structural separation for broadcasters Australia needs to change media policy for the digital age, because current arrangements “have outlived their purpose” and “now run the risk of inhibiting the evolution of communications and media services".… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Telstra   Google   Stephen Conroy

    3. Samsung DOUBLES profits on strong phone sales

      Explore The Register (Apr 27 2012) Marketing

      Battle of the superlatives as Huawei predicts great things Mobile tech giants Samsung and Huawei turned up the heat on their rivals this week after the Korean electronics behemoth doubled its profits in the first quarter thanks to stellar phone sales and its Chinese rival revealed ambitious plans to sell over 100 million mobiles this year.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Samsung   GfK

    4. “Apple will coast, and then decelerate” says Forrester CEO

      Explore The Register (Apr 25 2012)

      Tim Cook can't replace Steve Jobs' charisma, vision George Colony, the CEO of analyst firm Forrester says Apple's best days are behind it and suggests the company is headed for the kind of slump that befell Sony and Disney when their visionary leaders departed.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Disney   Tim Cook

    5. Chinese whispers point to Huawei bid for Motorola

      Explore The Register (Apr 13 2012)

      Google could take the patents and run Huawei remained tight lipped today on rumours that the Chinese handset giant is set to sign a deal for ailing mobile biz Motorola just eight months after Google splashed $12.5bn on acquiring the firm.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Samsung   Motorola

    6. Softphones strangled by smartphone battery life

      Explore The Register (Apr 12 2012) Unified communications

      PC startup times also an issue, says ShoreTel Softphones aren’t making inroads onto smartphones or the desktop because the former lacks battery life and the latter take too long to start up, according to Jamie Romanin, ShoreTel’s Regional Director for Australasia.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco   Nortel

    7. BT fattens fibre customer pipes for free - with a contract extension

      Explore The Register (Apr 11 2012) Applications

      Requires commitment before coming across BT broadband customers who subscribe to the company's Infinity 2 package will see their fibre download speeds nearly double from tomorrow, the national telco has promised.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Fttc   Fttp   Infinity

    8. Australians love mobile devices, but not mobile downloads

      Explore The Register (Apr 1 2012) Applications , Mobility

      Fixed net throughput sprints ahead The next time you queue up to buy an iPad, 3G wireless broadband dongle, or an Android phone or tablet, ask yourself: why are the data plans so expensive, when they deliver so little?… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   National Broadband Network   DSL   NBN

    9. Verizon plans bandwidth-gobbling mobile video service

      Explore The Register (Mar 30 2012) Applications , Mobility

      'Now, about that $3.6bn spectrum deal...' Verizon plans to launch a mobile-video service by the end of this year, a move that would put even more traffic onto its already overburdened network.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Sprint Nextel   Free Press

    10. EU Says Telcos are Blocking VoIP and P2P Traffic

      Explore The Register (Mar 16 2012) IP Telephony

      EU Says Telcos are Blocking VoIP and P2P Traffic

      European Union telecom companies are commonly using traffic management practices to block or slow Voice over IP  traffic and peer-to-peer file-sharing activity online, an EU regulator has said. Those practices are not illegal or prohibited, but remain a huge source of contention. 

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      Mentions:   European Union   Ofcom

    11. EE's 4G party bus could run Three off a cliff

      Explore The Register (Mar 15 2012)

      MPs, rivals hit the roof over LTE monopoly Ofcom's proposal to give Everything Everywhere a year's monopoly on 4G raised the eyebrows of MPs, and the hackles of the competition, who can't see how it could possibly be fair.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Telefonica   Vodafone   LTE

    12. BT ordered to cut Openreach fees for rivals

      Explore The Register (Mar 7 2012) Marketing

      Telco not happy with 'underlying assumptions' National telco BT will cut the amount it charges its rivals to use Openreach telephone and broadband lines after Ofcom officially set the company's wholesale prices this morning.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   European Commission   Ofcom   The Register

    13. Premium mobile services face tougher laws

      Explore The Register (Mar 1 2012) Marketing , Mobility

      Heavy-breathers must declare their costs Premium mobile service providers are again under surveillance by the communications regulator over getting away with misleading practices.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Acma

    14. Steve Jobs' death clears way for '7.85-inch iPad prototype'

      Explore The Register (Mar 1 2012)

      Apple's Kindle-killer rumoured for Q3 2012 Sample screens for a seven-inch Apple iPad have been delivered for testing, according to Taiwanese manufacturing bible Digitimes. That means that production lines could start knocking out baby fondleslabs as early as June.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   DigiTimes

    15. How big telcos can repel the Valley's OTT insurgents

      Explore The Register (Feb 29 2012) IP Telephony

      How big telcos can repel the Valley's OTT insurgents And why it probably shouldn't try Part 2  After years of bouncing around PowerPoint slides, the battle between telcos and "Over The Top" insurgents is now very real. It's a scrap that's characterised as Silicon Valley upstarts storming the gates of the closed network world, and that's not a bad nutshell introduction. Long-time OTT champ Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis calls these insurgents "access-independent internet services".… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Telefonica   Vodafone   Jeff Pulver

    16. Cisco CEO: Mobile cloud threat for service providers

      Explore The Register (Feb 28 2012) Mobility

      Invest, preferably in Cisco MWC 2012  Network pitchman John Chambers has cautioned service providers that they risk being stranded by the mobile cloud.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   John Chambers   Cisco   Gavin Clarke

    17. AT&T plan: Let content providers pay your bandwidth bill

      Explore The Register (Feb 27 2012) Applications

      Sounds good at first, but... AT&T is developing a plan that would allow mobile-application developers and content providers to pay for the wireless bandwidth required to use their apps or downlload their content.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   WSJ

    18. Telcos, mobile pushers muck in to trial 'clever' Wi-Fi

      Explore The Register (Feb 23 2012)

      Hotspot 2.0: We don't need no skeenkin' logon Fourteen of the largest telecommunications companies around the world have participated in successful trials of Hotspot 2.0, which made it easier for them to use Wi-Fi.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco

    19. Optus snaps up Vivid for 4G build

      Explore The Register (Feb 20 2012) Mobility

      Huawei in box seat Optus has swooped on the assets of 4G wireless operator Vividwireless for $AU230 million and use the spectrum as a cornerstone of its own 4G network build out.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Optus   Accc

    20. Australians like the NBN: poll

      Explore The Register (Feb 20 2012)

      Gaining ground again after slump The campaign against Australia’s National Broadband Network appears to be losing ground, with a poll by Essential Research showing growing support for the government’s infrastructure project.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   National Broadband Network   NBN   Richard Chirgwin

    21. Cisco complains to the EU about Microsoft/Skype deal

      Explore The Register (Feb 15 2012) Applications , Unified communications

      Wants assurances Redmond won’t lock down video Cisco has issued a formal complaint to the General Court of the European Union over Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype, saying it needs assurances that Redmond will play fair on standards.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   John Chambers   Microsoft   Cisco

    22. Twitter mobile apps storing address books for 18 months

      Explore The Register (Feb 15 2012) Mobility

      Tim Cook quizzed by Congress on privacy Twitter has become the latest in a growing list of companies caught storing user’s data without making it explicit.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Los Angeles Times   Henry Waxman   Tim Cook

    23. Mobile internet devices to outnumber humans this year

      Explore The Register (Feb 14 2012) Mobility

      Mobile internet devices to outnumber humans this year Skynet’s plans proceeding well The number of mobile devices will outstrip the global population in 2012, according to Cisco’s latest Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast.… (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco

    24. China clamps down on foreign telly on its channels

      Explore The Register (Feb 14 2012)

      Just in case The Big Bang Theory sparks revolution First it blocked the web, now it's going after TV. China has introduced tough new restrictions on channels broadcasting foreign-made telly and warned regulators to step up fines for any companies breaking the rules.… (Read Full Article)