Wednesday, September 1, 2010 On Monday, Australian telecommunications company Telstra has introduced dual carrier HSPA+ standard for broadband Internet business customers in the Next G network. This is the first time this technology is being introduced on national scale. The bandwidths the users can deploy increased into two to three times, with Telstra becoming the…
Much of inland New South Wales, Australia affected by flooding
Sunday, December 5, 2010 Much of the interior of New South Wales, Australia continues to be affected by floods caused by heavy rains. With more rain predicted, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has issued a flood watch for all western flowing rivers in New South Wales from the Namoi River in the north of the…
Telstra becomes the first in the world to switch to HSPA+ wireless Internet technology
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 On Monday, Australian telecommunications company Telstra has introduced dual carrier HSPA+ standard for broadband Internet business customers in the Next G network. This is the first time this technology is being introduced on national scale. The bandwidths the users can deploy increased into two to three times, with Telstra becoming the…
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Telstra becomes the first in the world to switch to HSPA+ wireless Internet technology
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 On Monday, Australian telecommunications company Telstra has introduced dual carrier HSPA+ standard for broadband Internet business customers in the Next G network. This is the first time this technology is being introduced on national scale. The bandwidths the users can deploy increased into two to three times, with Telstra becoming the…
Repossessions Could Reach Record Levels For Mortgage Payments}
Repossessions could reach record levels for mortgage payments by Andy Adams The British public is currently struggling in almost every area to do with expenses and financial matters. Food, fuel and energy all costing much more compared to this time last year and the interest rates on many loans and mortgages have shot up in…
Strongest earthquake in 40 years hits Southeast Asia
Sunday, December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean – The death toll continues to grow and millions face a homeless life in the new year as coastal communities in south Asia struggle against continued aftershocks and flooding caused by the largest earthquake to strike the planet in more than a generation. The magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake…
Sunshine Coast Council ratifies McDonald’s development rejection
Sunday, December 7, 2008 Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia — The Sunshine Coast Regional Council has formally ratified the rejection of the 24 hour McDonald’s in Minyama. The decision comes after council rejected the proposal earlier this week at a general committee meeting. McDonald’s forwarded an 11th hour compromise to deputy mayor Tim Dwyer in order…
Concerns for health damage rise following the National Pollutant Inventory
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New Zealand Government to unbundle local loop
Wednesday, May 3, 2006 The New Zealand Government has announced that it would require Telecom to unbundled the local loop to provide “faster and better broadband Internet services.” New Zealand used to be the only country in the OECD to have investigated unbundling the local loop and then rejected it. This means now that any…