Tag: Mobile Phones
Texting not to blame for poor English: research
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Australian research has found mobile phone texting isn't destroying the English language.[MORE]
Mountain hikers warned not to bank on mobile coverage
A National Parks and Wildlife service official has warned visitors to Kosciuszko's high country in New South Wales not to rely on mobile phone coverage in case of emergencies.[MORE]
Howqua Valley to get mobile coverage
Mobile phone coverage will soon be available in the Howqua Valley in Victoria's high country.[MORE]
Council urged to refuse phone tower plans
The Clarence Valley Council has been asked to reject applications to erect mobile phone towers in the area.[MORE]
Mayor hopes Optus tower prompts Telstra boost
It is hoped the approval of an Optus tower at Goolgowi will prompt Telstra to improve its Next G coverage in the area.[MORE]
Residents rally against phone tower
Residents opposing a mobile phone antenna planned for the Bendigo suburb of Kennington say they will take their protests to the State Ombudsman if necessary to prevent its installation.[MORE]
Burgess quits Telstra but says he'll be back
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Phil Burgess has left Telstra after three years, but says he will return to Australia.[MORE]
Secker tables phone coverage petition
The federal Member for Barker, Patrick Secker, has tabled a petition in Parliament from River Murray residents concerned with their mobile phone coverage.[MORE]
Obama's VP alerts trumped by media leaks
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign had promised millions of supporters they would be the first to know his pick of running mate, but the news rippled through the media hours before the official announcement.[MORE]
School takes modern approach to student exams
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Students at a Sydney school are being encouraged to take their phones, laptops and MP3s into exams.[MORE]
Yetman fight pays off with phone tower
A new mobile telephone tower will be officially commissioned at Yetman today.[MORE]
Residents fight Telstra tower plan
Residents who are fighting a proposal to built a Telstra mobile phone tower at the Northern Beaches say they have collected more than 200 submissions.[MORE]
Optus urged to compensate Qld customers for network failure
Optus is being urged to compensate Qld customers for yesterday's network failure.[MORE]
'Precautions taken' before Optus cable cut
The acting Mayor of the Gold Coast says it is too early to apportion blame over the cut communications cable that threw much of Queensland into chaos this week.[MORE]
Phone scammers 'hoodwinking teens'
Parents are being warned to advise their children about the risk of being tricked into mobile scams. [MORE]
Pensioner jailed in child porn SMS first
A Qld pensioner is the first to be convicted for sending child porn in an SMS message.[MORE]
Yetman to get mobile coverage boost
Testing of mobile coverage for Yetman has begun after a long community campaign.[MORE]
Mobile phone CPR instructions 'could save lives'
In what is being billed as a world first, instructions for life-saving CPR can now be downloaded to a mobile phone under a new initiative developed by the Red Cross.[MORE]
International roaming charges come under scrutiny
A Federal Parliamentary inquiry will investigate whether the charges associated with international mobile phone roaming are fair.[MORE]
Thousands without phone contact
Telstra says a damaged fibre optic cable that cut services across the state should be repaired later tonight.[MORE]
Apple unveils faster, cheaper iPhone
Apple Inc has unveiled a next-generation iPhone with faster internet access that will run on advanced wireless networks and sell for as low as $US199 - half the current entry-level price.[MORE]
School warns of phone bullying
A warning has been given about one unwanted aspect of the communications revolution.[MORE]
Illegal signal interferes with Next G network
Telstra says an illegal signal has been causing problems with its Next G network in the Kambalda area.[MORE]
NT mobile service cut for 5 hours
Tens of thousands of mobile phone users across the Northern Territory were cut off for five hours yesterday after a fibre optic cable belonging to Telstra was damaged in central Australia. [MORE]
Mobile phone users top 3.3 billion: report
The number of mobile phone users worldwide soared to over 3.3 billion by the end of 2007, equivalent to a penetration rate of 49 per cent, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said in a report released on Friday.[MORE]
