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Mobile telco VHA has more than doubled the data download quota included with most of its mobile phone capped plans offered by both its Vodafone and 3 brands, boosting limits by a gigabyte or more in some cases.

Australia’s Federal Court has slapped a temporary ban on a handful of local retailers selling or importing hardware, commonly known as “mod chips”, that allows unauthorised software to run on Sony’s PlayStation 3.

The National Broadband Network Company would not confirm this morning whether it will continue to roll out optic fibre around the nation while Australia’s Parliament attempts to resolve whether the Coalition or Labor will form government.

iiNet today revealed it would provide Tasmanian NBN customers with full 100Mbps speeds on all plans and the option of a terabyte data quota to truly get the benefit out of the fledgling fibre service.

Just hours after iiNet claimed to make history with Australia’s first terabyte broadband plans, rival Primus has launched a new 1.1 terabyte offering, upping iiNet’s new deal by 111GB per month.

National broadband provider iiNet today unveiled an extensive revamp of its broadband plans, including what it claimed was Australia’s first plan with a terabyte of included download quota.

The new options may appeal to night owls, with the re-jig introducing peak and off-peak periods for mobile data allowances.

In a few hours, Apple’s hyped iPhone 4 handset will launch in Australia. But Telstra hasn’t yet finished tweaking its launch plans for the device and other smartphones.

Despite a report to the contrary, none of Australia’s major telcos will confirm whether they are planning to host a midnight launch party when Apple’s new iPhone 4 goes on sale in Australia on Friday, 30 July.

Two of the three major broadband providers that have voluntarily signed up to block child abuse websites have confirmed today that customers would not be able to opt out of the providers’ new filter, meaning customers may turn to smaller providers that have revealed they will not join the block in the immediate future.

New Prime Minister Julia Gillard today said she understands concerns about the government’s controversial mandatory internet filtering policy, but said that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was putting in an effort to get the policy into shape.

A spokesperson for Virgin Mobile Australia yesterday confirmed the company would launch Apple’s iPhone 4 handset in Australia - as its parent brand Optus will.

The nation’s number two telco Optus has finally, more than two weeks after its rivals, confirmed that it will launch Apple’s flagship iPhone 4 handset when the device hits Australia in July.

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Mobile telcos VHA and Optus have not yet responded to reports and rumours that the pair are planning to launch new handsets based on Google’s Android mobile platform in Australia - including a claimed launch by Vodafone of the search giant’s own Nexus One phone.

The nation’s largest telco, Telstra, today revealed it would exclusively sell Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Pearl 3G for three months when the smartphone launches in Australia “later this month”.

Two significant steps were announced yesterday for the advancement of the ebook phenomenon in Australia - the imminent launch of Borders’ eBooks and a move by retail chain Dymocks to make its ebooks available in the DNL and epub formats.

The nation’s second-largest telco, Optus, has revamped its broadband plans, including new “unlimited” download quotas and sizable allowances even on lower-end plans.

After Nintendo Australia was awarded $620,000 in a court battle against an Australian company which sold devices enabling games to be illegally copied, it said it could take similar action against other device sellers.

The Seven Network has revealed that it plans to expand its vividwireless 4G wireless broadband network to most of Australia’s capital cities, following the network’s construction in Perth.