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New Zealanders hungry for mobile data
Mobile data traffic on New Zealand incumbent Telecom's network grew 91% year-on-year in August, with the average mobile user consuming 384 MB during the month. [ + ]
Australians want more mobile commerce services
Two-thirds of Australian respondents to a SAP survey want to be able to conduct more mobile commerce transactions - the second highest of any mature market studied. [ + ]
The "beginning of the end" for BlackBerry?
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has received a tentative offer to buy out the company and take it private, but it may not be enough to save the iconic brand. [ + ]
Telstra to cut 1100 jobs - more layoffs possible
Telstra will cut 1100 jobs by June 2014 as part of a restructure announced in May, the telco revealed yesterday afternoon. [ + ]
Data storage: the third big challenge of IT
Over the decades IT has seen two distinct challenges: processing power and later network bandwidth. While they are both still important, storage space has become the dominant concern. [ + ]
Telecom NZ wins satellite deal with Inmarsat
Inmarsat has contracted Telecom NZ to provide and operate one of the two main Pacific Ocean gateway stations for its Global Xpress worldwide satellite broadband network. [ + ]
Mobile app won't leave orangutans swinging
Non-profit BOS Australia will next month launch a mobile app to allow smartphone users to donate to and learn more about their cause of rescuing and rehabilitating endangered baby orangutans. [ + ]
BlackBerry to cut 4500 jobs
BlackBerry announced it will cut 4500 jobs in an attempt to reduce operating expenditure, while also disclosing an expected almost $1 billion net operating loss this quarter. [ + ]
NBN Co board resigns at Turnbull's request
Six of the NBN Co's seven board members have offered their resignations, at the request of newly crowned Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull. [ + ]
App store downloads to top 100bn in 2013
Research firm Gartner expects mobile app store downloads to climb from 64bn in 2012 to 102bn this year, but this blistering growth rate won't continue forever. [ + ]
Vic govt offering state funds for high-tech projects
Under a state government program, Victorian companies can apply for vouchers worth up to $250K to support projects aimed at implementing cutting-edge technologies. [ + ]
Telecom NZ calls for lower wholesale prices
Telecom NZ has used a submission to a government review of wholesale copper access pricing to argue for a regulated price at the bottom of the proposed NZ$37.50-NZ$42.50 range. [ + ]
Australia's new ICT ministers
Incoming Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed his new ministry, confirming who will oversee the ICT-related portfolios in the new Coalition government. [ + ]
AU retail sector to spend $1.94bn on ICT this year
The Australian retail sector is expected to spend just shy of $2 billion on ICT products and services this year, according to IDC Australia. [ + ]
Kylie is most dangerous Aussie celeb to search for
Kylie Minogue has supplanted her sister Dannii as the most dangerous Australian celebrity to search for information about online, a McAfee study shows. [ + ]
