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  • DSL kickstarts engin's business

    SMB telco, engin (ASX:ENG), has reported a major turnaround in its business in the 2010 financial year, notching up a record EBITDA of $0.7 million off revenues of close to $20 million.

  • ACMA releases telco complaints hearing dates

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released details on the public hearings it will be holding into the state of complaints-handling in the Australian telecommunications sector.

  • Telstra spied on union calls, claims CEPU

    One of Telstra's main unions has accused the telco of listening in on its conference calls with unionised staff in an attempt to pick up intelligence on its industrial action and bargaining plans.

  • US mobile operators are open to new wireless gadgets

    Mobile operators say that they are open to accepting a range of wireless devices on their networks as well as using new models for charging people for services to those devices, based on experiences with the Kindle and the iPad, but they will still want a degree of control over their networks.

  • NBN Co won't dob on job seekers

    The National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo) has poured cold water on reports it will contact the employers of prospect executives who attempt to jump ship from other telecommunications providers.

  • Italian telcos caught up in massive Mafia fraud

    Italy's telecom sector Wednesday was reeling from the news that two of its biggest operators were caught up in a massive fraud allegedly orchestrated by members of the Calabrian Mafia, considered the most powerful and dangerous of the country's organized crime groups.

  • Five reasons wireless providers should fear Google

    When Google chief executive Eric Schmidt took the stage at Mobile World Congress, it seemed that many of his remarks were meant to placate the mobile phone industry. And for good reason: Over the last year, Google has become a mobile powerhouse -- this was Schmidt's first keynote in Barcelona, after all - that, in many ways, competes with wireless service providers. The past year has seen a proliferation of Android phones and the debut of powerful mobile apps such as Google Voice and Maps Navigation. It's a good thing in that Google's driving sales, but it's also a cause for concern. Here are five reasons mobile telcos should be worried about Google:

  • Moko.Mobi turns down investment offer

    Mobile services company MOKO.mobi Limited (ASX:MKB) has flagged that it is no longer pursuing “a particularly significant corporate transaction.”

  • Verizon dances on grave of AT&T lawsuit

    Verizon wasted no time gleefully mocking AT&T after the rival carrier dropped its lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of Verizon's "There's a Map for That" ads.

  • FAA glitch shines spotlight on troubled telco project

    The outage of a computer system used by airline pilots to file flight plans in the U.S will likely prompt a closer look at a US$2.4 billion telecommunications system that has grappled with numerous problems in the past.

  • All telcos need to consider separation: Ovum

    Separation is a process all telecommunications providers — not just Telstra — will have to come to terms with sooner or later, according to Ovum research director, David Kennedy. Speaking to Computerworld ahead of the research firm’s executive workshop on convergent telecoms, commercial and regulatory challenges in Melbourne, Kennedy said that increasing competition, the rise of the NBN, and the commoditisation of networks were all contributing to a future in which telcos would become increasingly detached from their own networks.

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