From

A friend received six unsolicited SMS adverts over a three week period.
Each SMS showed its sender as 19966664 and invited the recipient to reply,
but she has been warned about scams so deleted each without replying.
Subsequently, her Vodafone bill shows she was charged $6 for each ...

From
http://livenews.com.au/Articles/2007/12/31/Telstra_expecting_over_53_million_NYE
_text_messages
More than 53 million text messages are expected to bring in the new year, up
to 8 million more than last year.

From
http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,22997182-5007221,00.html
MORE than 20,000 Tasmanian mobile-phone users are using a system that will
stop working in four weeks.

From
http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Services/U6R4P7J8
Telecommunications giant Telstra is coming to the rescue for hundreds of
North Coast homes and offices isolated by severe floods and storms over the

Guys,
I have a Nokia N95 phone (6 months old) & an Optus 3G USIM card (18
months old).
Most of the time when I have 3G coverage the phone signal strength is

From
http://bega.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/cdma-to-next-g/1162354.html
TELSTRA'S regional general manager, Ian Peters, will be in Bega to help
people make the transition from the CDMA network to Next G.

From the Optus small and medium business brochure:
"Pay as you go at 1.5c/KB capped at $9.90 for up to 5MB; after that
charged at 0.30/KB."
I understand the first bit - if you download between 550KB and 5MB

From
http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Communication/R7E5F4X8
Telstra is due to cut off its old CDMA mobile service in about two weeks'
time, and if you have not upgraded your mobile phone to a Next G network

After installing my new JVC car headunit and Bluetooth module I was chasing
my a.s trying to work out why I couldn't see my contacts list and messages
etc on my Nokia E65 on the Headunit... After searching the web it appears
this may be a known problem with the E series symbian ...

...How about the latest feature, GPS technology? Nextel GPS. Here you
will find out exactly what it is and if it is something you need, or
just want...
http://mobilegadgets.freewebhosting247.com/Nextel_GPS.htm

From
http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Communication/C3W3D9M4
Telstra is warning its mobile customers that there are 20 days only until
the popular CDMA network closes - urging customers to contact Telstra to

From
http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news_daily.asp?ag_id=47755
After carrying wireless telecommunications in rural Australia since 2000,
the CDMA mobile phone network has just 25 days to live, with Telstra gearing

Hi, I am wanting a basic mobile and my Telco has given me the choice
of the Nokia 5070 phone OR the Sony Ericsson W200.
Does anyone here have any experience of either/both phones please ?
Or perhaps an opinion as to which might be the better choice ?

What is NextG? Is it 3G or HSDPA?
My Samsung A501 can display two icons. One is "3G" where it says that it is
connected to a 3G (UMTS) network. The other icon is similar but says "3G+" and
says that it is Accessing Services in a HSDPA network.