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HTC One Plans At A Glance

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As confirmed yesterday, the HTC One is available to pre-order through Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and Virgin Mobile from today onwards. Some of you may have already placed your order for what’s already touted to be the smartphone of 2013. However, … Continue reading

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HTC One Preorders in Aus Tomorrow

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By now you’ve probably heard of the HTC One AKA the crowning achievement of HTC’s smartphone manufacturing career that is already being lauded as the best smartphone of the year, despite it only being early April and despite the impending … Continue reading

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Exetel Now Has 4G Mobile Plans

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We’ve been keeping an eye on the state of 4G in Australia over the last few months, and eagerly awaiting news of when smaller resellers will be passing 4G mobile coverage on to their customers. While Optus MVNOs such as … Continue reading

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New and Rumoured MVNOs for 2013

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2013 looks set to welcome a few new players to Australia’s prepaid mobile market, as the competing big telcos continue opening up their wholesale networks to smaller operators. Telstra continues to take steps to challenge Optus’ dominance as a mobile … Continue reading

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Vodafone Cuts Free Social Networking

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UPDATE: Since this post, Vodafone has revised the decision to begin charging for data in 1MB blocks. The telco have issued a press release stating that, after many customers “expressed concern” about the proposed changes to how data would be … Continue reading

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Adelaide Gets 4G LTE for Christmas

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Optus announced today that it will be flicking the switch on a new 4G LTE network for its Adelaide users just in time for Christmas. 4G is quickly spreading across Australia, opening up a new world of super-fast wireless broadband … Continue reading

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When Will Optus’ MVNOs Offer 4G?

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With Telstra and Optus in the process of expanding their up-and-running 4G LTE networks, customers in metropolitan and some regional locations are already experiencing the benefits of crazy fast speeds and seamless browsing and downloading. Being the only two carriers … Continue reading

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Optus’ 4G Milestone Event, 2012

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Optus held a small but lively event today outlining its network expansion so far in 2012 and some of its plans for 2013. Among the talk of the wireless broadband race and increased 3G reception were also some of the … Continue reading

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Optus Launch Prepaid 4G Plans

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If you’re a smartphone user wary of post-paid or not wanting to be locked into a contract, time to get excited: Optus has announced that it will finally be making its shiny new 4G network available to prepaid customers. Optus’ … Continue reading

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Lumia 920 & 820 Aussie Release Dates

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Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 launch devices, the Lumia 820 and flagship Lumia 920, will be hitting Australian shelves come the end of November. Both devices represent a new phase in both Nokia and Microsoft’s mobile development and have been keenly … Continue reading

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