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Qld researchers use mobile phone to fly pilotless plane

Queensland researchers have developed a system allowing them to use mobile phone technology to fly pilotless planes.

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Small towns summit talks phones

Back now to the small towns summit in the Gippsland community of Maffra, where one of the themes for discussion is technology. Phil Herrick is the general manager of a regionallly based...

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Legal action launched against alleged spammers

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is taking legal action against a Brisbane man allegedly involved in spamming mobile phone users with premium text messages.

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Controversy over Labor NBN appointment deepens

There are fresh questions about the appointment of a former Labor staffer to a top job at the National Broadband Network. The Opposition has obtained emails written last July showing Mike Kaiser pushed...

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Brisbane customers warned about fake Telstra calls

Telstra says some of its Brisbane customers have reported receiving suspicious calls from telemarketers who claim they are linked to the company.

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Power, phone companies 'should have prepared' for cyclone

The Queensland Opposition says power and phone companies should have been better prepared for Cyclone Ului.

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Telstra confirms phone network problems

Telstra says it does not know when mobile phone services will be restored in Queensland.

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Telstra leaves Queenslanders on hold

Telstra customers across Queensland experienced problems with the Next G mobile service after several changes were made to the network.

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Telstra service restored in Queensland

Telstra says customers who feel they have been hurt financially by yesterday's technical trouble in Queensland can lodge claims.

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Indigo takes on remote telecommunications

Indigo Telecom Australia says its network could change the way thousands of Australians in remote areas communicate.

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Land agreement needed for phone tower

Telstra expects to get the go ahead to build a new communications tower at Mt Stanley soon but it may not be ready before the next fire season.

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Greens see seats in Queensland

Labor's loss of support to the Greens Party in the federal election is being reflected in Queensland. A Newspoll shows Labor could lose power to the Opposition in Queensland in a landslide, but it also...

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Council rejects company for sewers broadband network contract

The Brisbane City Council has scrapped plans to contract a UK company to build a superfast broadband network in the city's sewers.

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A word in your ear: changing communications

Language expert, Professor Roly Sussex discusses the vagaries of language each Tuesday with Richard Fidler. This week: changing communications.

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Queensland's first telegraph sent in Brisbane

150 years ago today Queensland's the first electric telegraph transmission was sent between Brisbane and Ipswich, and now the technology that made it happen is the focus of an exhibition at the Museum...

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Technology responds when disaster strikes

The toll from natural disasters in Australia and internationally over the past 12 months has been severe but technology is helping to manage the situations.

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Telstra to move 300 jobs overseas

More than 300 jobs are expected to be lost under plans by Telstra to relocate services offshore. The company says the cuts are mainly administrative roles in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and...

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NBN roll out rolls on

The Federal Government has unveiled the construction timetable for many of the sites in the second part of its NBN rollout on the mainland. The Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says the NBN is...

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Telemarketer fined $2.5m over mobile phone push

The Federal Court of Australia has fined a telemarketing company $2.5 million after it misled remote area customers to enter into mobile phone contracts.

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Ombudsman releases Qld's telecommunication complaints figures

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman says Brisbane and the Gold Coast had the most complaints from Queensland last financial year.

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