6th February 2011 Archive

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• Android's on top – will Nokia and RIM let it in?

  More likely that Nokia will go for WP7

  Android has overtaken Symbian to become the number one mobile operating system – a feat never achieved by Apple iOS – and now the new Honeycomb release should enable Google's platform to eat into the iPad's tablet market share too. With Nokia reportedly mulling a change in OS strategy ahead of its analyst day next week, and RIM …

  Mobile 6 Feb 09:00

• Oz road safety strategy moots mobile phone ban

  It’s in there somewhere

  An Australian road safety strategy draft released by the Standing Committee on Transport in the federal Department of Infrastructure and Transport has mooted a total ban on mobile phone use by drivers, at some indeterminate point. The proposal, seized on by the Sydney Morning Herald as “States urged to impose total ban on …

  Mobile 6 Feb 20:37

• TNZ and Voda in Kiwi broadband win

  Negotiations begin for $NZ300M project

  The New Zealand government has begun commercial negotiations with Telecom New Zealand and Vodafone for its $NZ300 million Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI). Under the project, the government plans to start a rollout during 2011 that aims to eventually connect 97 per cent of rural schools in the country to fibre, and achieve …

  Telecoms 6 Feb 21:38

• CPT Global goes Postale

  French bank signs Melbourne consultant

  Melbourne-based CPT Global Limited has announced a contract with La Banque Postale. CPT Global had been working with the bank to help manage the cost of its expanding mainframe environment. Following the success of the previous programme, La Banque Postale has now agreed with CPT Global on an ongoing contract. According to …

  Financial News 6 Feb 22:21