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TV spectrum wireless broadband: Analog back from the dead

This week the CSIRO announced it had succeeded in prototyping the transmission of wireless broadband Internet over spectrum reserved for television broadcasts. This makes an interesting broadband option for Australian's about to lose their analog TV signals.

By Rodney Gedda | 05 November, 2010 07:04

Tags: analogue tv, broadband, csiro, Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), digital tv, ngara, wireless, digital tv switchover

Here comes the digital nomad dream vehicle

The economy is in full-blown meltdown. Home values are dropping. Businesses are closing. Layoffs are coming. Maybe it's time to escape from civilization and wait out the crash?

By Mike Elgan | 13 October, 2008 08:53

Tags: mobile technology

Is fixed-mobile convergence worth the bother?

Whether fixed-mobile convergence is for you in the near-term depends in part on how you define it, but for most, there's no rush.