Wireless internet eats into Australia's 'fixed' broadband market

Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 13/02/2010 00:00

Australians are increasingly turning to wireless services to get their broadband internet -- just as the government embarks on a $43 billion plan to deliver the web through a network of cables and wires.

Telstra yesterday revealed the market for "fixed" broadband services -- delivered through cable or traditional phone lines -- was levelling off while wireless services on devices such as iPhones were soaring.

To read this report in The Australian in full, see:
www.theaustralian.com.au/business/industry-sectors/wireless-internet-eats-intofixed-broadband-market/story-e6frg9hx-1225829348902

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