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• Telcos make OAIC's 2010-11 top 10 privacy complaints list -- updated

  Telecommunications, finance and health companies, along with government agencies, have featured prominently in the complaints received by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) during the past year.

• VHA wary of NBN customer lock-in

  While offering neither fixed line calls or fixed broadband services, Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) believes the National Broadband Network (NBN) will still deliver the telco an increase in business.

• In pictures: Huawei's mobile broadband truck

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

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  Vodafone stops signing up new 3 customers

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) confirmed it will stop taking on new customers for its 3 network, as the two brands continue their gradual merge.

• Vodafone hangs up on Unisys for new voicemail system

  Vodafone has upgraded its voicemail system opting to drop Unisys in favour of Acision, the same provider VHA partner, Hutchison, uses for its ‘3’ customers.

• VHA kicks off Vodafone, 3 Mobile network upgrade

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has kicked off its $1 billion plan to replace and upgrade 8000 of its network sites over the next 18 months, with residents along the Central Coast, Newcastle and the Hunter region in NSW first to witness improvements in reception.

• Free calls for charities no stunt: VHA

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has played down the suggestion that its decision to make calls to selected charities free is little more than an effort to put a positive spin on what has been a troubled three months for the merged telco.

• Telstra, Vodafone report effects of cyclone Yasi

  Telstra has set about assessing the initial impact of cyclone Yasi on its network and the safety of its staff in North Queensland.

• Vodafone to waive Qld flood mobile bills

  Vodafone and 3 will waive a month’s worth of mobile bills of customers in 25 of the worst affected areas in the current Queensland floods.

• Vodafone pledges to upgrade network reliability and capacity

  Vodafone has pledged to improve its network, announcing it will upgrade or build more than 2,500 base stations during 2011 in a bid to lift reliability and capacity.

• Voicemail, standard calls at stake in Vodafone defence

  Numerous exclusions to the unlimited calls advertised as part of Vodafone’s “Infinite” plans raises questions of whether customers are being misled, the Federal Court heard this week.

• TPG to provide cable network for Vodafone

  TPG Telecom Ltd will provide a high-speed, fibre-based network for Vodafone to meet the growing demand for data on mobile devices.

• What are you saying: Telstra and VHA split, Dodo CEO calls for unlimited, Australian broadband speeds

  Every week, Computerworld Australia collates all the things our readers have been saying about the news, both in the forums and in comments.

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  NBN 3.0: What are you saying?

  Every week, Computerworld Australia collates all the things our readers have been saying about the news, both in the forums and in comments.

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  VHA increases data quotas as users choose mobile internet

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has increased the data quotas of its Vodafone and 3 contract caps, a change the telco attributes to the rising use of mobile internet and 3G services in Australia.