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• Review: Telstra pre-paid USB 4G

  Telstra's pre-paid USB 4G is the company's first pre-paid device to work on its 4G network.

• Telstra launches 4G Wi-Fi hotspot

  Telstra is continuing to expand its 4G product portfolio and the latest addition comes in the form of a mobile Wi-Fi modem, the Telstra Mobile Wi-Fi 4G.

• iiNet mobile business needs more work: CEO

  iiNet chief executive, Michael Malone, admitted the internet service provider’s mobile business required more work during the announcement of its first half year 2012 result.

• Mobiles use surges, fixed-line drops off

  Australia's love of mobile phones continues to grow as more of us hang up on fixed-line telephone services.

• Tips to keep iPhone 4S battery from draining fast

  Apple iPhone 4S users worried about the device’s battery draining rapidly can take steps to prevent the problem.

• Telstra unveils its first 4G LTE device

  Telstra today commercially launched the first mobile broadband device to work on its newly branded "4G" network and has promised to deliver 4G smartphones and tablets in the first half of 2012.

• In pictures: Huawei's mobile broadband truck

  Telecommunications company, Huawei, showcases its LTE network in a shipping container

• 10 questions for Stoke.com Finance VP Prabhala

  Name: Venkat Prabhala

• Internode launches portable hotspot

  Internet service provider Internode today launched the Huawei E5832 mobile broadband modem. The E5832 can distribute a 3G connection to up to three devices over Wi-Fi.

• ACMA pushes ahead with digital dividend band auction

  The Australian Media and Communications Authority’s (ACMA) has moved ahead with its auction of spectrum in the 700MHz and 2.5GHz bands. The 700MHz band is part of the 'digital dividend' delivered by the phasing out of analog TV signals.

• Mobile broadband market to double revenue by 2015: Ovum

  An increase in the use of smartphones will cause the Asia Pacific mobile broadband market to double its revenues by 2015, Ovum has predicted.

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  Nokia Siemens Networks snares Optus network contract

  Optus has partnered with Nokia Siemens Networks in a bid to upgrade its packet core, ahead of an anticipated upgrade to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.

• Eftel to double customer base with ClubTelco acquisition

  Eftel (ASX:EFT) is to acquire national internet service provider (ISP) ClubTelco, adding some 60,000 mobile broadband, ADSL and VoIP customers to its books.

• 4G wireless speed tests: Which is really the fastest?

  By now you've seen all the ads pitching wireless companies' new 4G mobile broadband services and devices. But beyond all the buzzwords and hype, which companies can reliably provide next-generation speed?

• FlexiGroup 1H profit grows 31%

  Financing company and mobile broadband provider FlexiGroup (ASX:FXL) has reported a 31 per cent increase in 1H profit to $25 million.