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  NextDC signs new customer for five years

  NextDC (ASX:NXT) has entered into a new contract with an unnamed company for the provision of data centre services.

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  Optus launches dual-band 4G devices

  Optus has launched two 4G dual-band devices which will let users take advantage of the telco's new Time-Division LTE (TD-LTE) network in Canberra.

• Optus announces 'simpler' mobile broadband plans

  Optus unveiled new mobile broadband plans that it said are part of a strategy of simplifying billing for customers.

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  Optus loses revenue trying to drive customer loyalty

  Optus is giving up revenue from bill shock in an effort to better hold onto customers, according to the number-two telco’s chief executive in Australia.

• Union to meet with Telstra as telecom job cuts pile up

  The Communications Workers Union, the communications branch of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU), plans to meet with Telstra on Tuesday to learn more about the telco’s restructuring plans and what they mean for industry jobs, according to CWU national assistant secretary Ken Hardisty.

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  Telstra continues with billion dollar 4G plan

  Telstra has reached a milestone in its billion dollar 4G expansion program, switching on its 1500th 4G base station.

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  UPDATED: 4G in Australia: The state of the nation

  The top three Australian carriers are spending billions upgrading their networks to high-speed 4G LTE services. Customers are just starting to see the new plans and rollout is expected to intensify through the year and well into 2013.

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  Optus launches 4G TD-LTE in Canberra

  Optus has launched a faster version of LTE in Canberra, but so far the technology only supports 4G dongles.

• Optus satisfied with spectrum winnings in Digital Dividend auction

  Even if the price for spectrum in the 700MHz band had been set lower, Optus may still not have bought more than 10MHz of the 45MHz that was available in the Digital Dividend auction, according to Optus chief country officer, Kevin Russell.

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  Optus unbundles broadband and phone plans

  Optus has revealed “naked” broadband and fixed phone plans for customers who don’t want to bundle their phone and Internet plans.

• Could TPG be Australia's fourth mobile operator?

  Analysts have pointed to TPG’s bid for wireless spectrum as one of the most interesting developments in the Digital Dividend auction.

• Australian government misses $1 billion in Digital Dividend auction

  The government failed to sell one-third of the 700MHz spectrum—worth $1 billion—that was up for sale in the Digital Dividend auction. Total revenue for the auction made from 700MHz and 2.5GHz spectrum was $1.96 billion, below the government's expectations.

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  Customer focus in IT critical to business success: CommBank's Harte

  Businesses must use technology to increase focus on the customer or risk failure, according to Commonwealth Bank CIO Michael Harte.

• Melbourne co-working space gets assistance from Optus

  Optus announced it will sponsor Melbourne co-working space for startups, Inspire9. The space had been fully self-funded prior to the sponsorship.

• Businesses hit by Optus outage in Sydney

  Optus business customers experienced an outage Tuesday morning following hardware issues at the telco's exchange in Ultimo, Sydney.